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Question 1 of 200
1. Question
A project manager is in the process of preparing a plan that documents how the procurement process will be managed from developing procurement documents to contract closure. He is also going through project requirements and scope documents with the team and discussing different contract types to decide the one most suitable for the project. According to you, which process of procurement management is the project manager in?
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Plan Procurement Management. The project manager is in the ‘plan procurement management’ process and he is preparing the procurement management plan with his team. Contract types are also important tools of this process which is carried at the planning stage of the project. Please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Procurement Management PN 358.
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Question 2 of 200
2. Question
In which of the following areas are the following skills considered – Performance appraisal, recruitment, retention, regulatory issues and labor relations?.
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Administrative. Skills such as performance appraisal, recruitment, retention, regulatory issues and labor relations are considered administrative and not management.
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Question 3 of 200
3. Question
In a control chart, what does upper specification and lower specification limit (USL , LSL) signify:.
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These are based on requirements of the contract and reflect the max and min values allowed. This is a typical question where all the options are correct about control charts . However, specification limits are usually specified by the customer and are part of the contractual requirements. In order to avoid confusion between specification and control limits, always remember specification limits specify the imposed limits beyond which a product may not be accepted. In order to have a stable and predictable process, it should operate within control limits. Stable and predictable process control limits should lie within the specification limits. Please Refer PMBOK 5th edition Project Quality Management PN 238 .
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Question 4 of 200
4. Question
The aim of quality is to ensure
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Fitness for use and conformance to requirements. The most acceptable definition of quality is fitness for purpose given by J M Duran and conformance to requirements given by P B Crosby . Quality aims at providing customers, both internal and external, with products and services that fully satisfy their negotiated requirements
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Question 5 of 200
5. Question
You are managing a large diversified project team. In the initial days of the project, the team members behaved like independent individuals and seemed reserved, while learning about their roles and responsibilities. Then as the team began to work on the project and participate in technical decisions, their trust level grew. The team now supports each other’s needs and works together. According to you they are in which stage of team development?.
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Norming. The stage at which team members begin to work together and adjust work habits and behavior that support the team and develop trust is the Norming stage .There are five stages of team development starting from Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. Please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Human Resource PN 276.
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Question 6 of 200
6. Question
At the close of your project, you measure the customer satisfaction and find that some customer needs were not fully met. Your supervisor asks you what steps you took on your project to improve customer satisfaction. Which subsidiary plan would you consult to determine this information?.
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Quality management plan. Customer satisfaction is about making sure that the people who are paying for the end product are happy with it. Customer satisfaction is an important part of modern quality management.
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Question 7 of 200
7. Question
A CEO from his Paris office wishes to communicate with the technical officer in China. The correct procedure would be?
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The CEO will encode the message from French to Chinese and the technical officer will decode it from Chinese to French. Remember, each message is encoded by the sender and decoded by the receiver based on the receiver’s education, language, experience, and culture. For more information, please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Communication Management PN 293.)L2) The CEO will encode the message from French to Chinese and the technical officer will decode it from Chinese to French. Remember, each message is encoded by the sender and decoded by the receiver based on the receiver’s education, language, experience, and culture. For more information, please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Communication Management PN 293.
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Question 8 of 200
8. Question
When is the maximum influence of the stakeholder’s in the project?.
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In the beginning. Since the ability to influence the final characteristics of the project without significantly impacting cost is highest, the stakeholder’s influences are highest in the beginning of the project. To understand how the influence of stakeholders changes with respect to project cost as the project advances refer to Fig 2-8 Impact of Variable based on Project time in PMBOK 5th edition PN 39.)L2) In the beginning. Since the ability to influence the final characteristics of the project without significantly impacting cost is highest, the stakeholder’s influences are highest in the beginning of the project. To understand how the influence of stakeholders changes with respect to project cost as the project advances refer to Fig 2-8 Impact of Variable based on Project time in PMBOK 5th edition PN 39.
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Question 9 of 200
9. Question
All the statements about the Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM) or Activity-on-Arrow (AOA) are true EXCEPT.
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The nodes are used to represent activity and arrows show activity dependency. In the Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM), the arrows are used to represent activities. The nodes represent activity dependencyL2) The nodes are used to represent activity and arrows show activity dependency. In the Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM), the arrows are used to represent activities. The nodes represent activity dependency
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Question 10 of 200
10. Question
While assessing the performance of your team members, you found that some of them are not strong enough to handle the tasks assigned. You will :
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Communicate the improvement needs and establish a performance review and monitoring schedule. Correct Answer is A. This is a very specific situation where internally one would be expected to prove his point in such circumstances, option ‘A’ gives the best way of handling the scenario discussed here.
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Question 11 of 200
11. Question
In a matrix organization, two projects have a concurrent need for identical skills in limited availability with the functional manager in-charge of the skill in demand. Who is responsible for resolving this conflict over resources?
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Senior Management. Correct Answer is A. This is a conflict over resource assignments that needs to be addressed based on project priorities. Project priorities are decided by the senior management of the performing organization. Functional managers, project managers, and sponsors do not decide the priorities of different projects.
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Question 12 of 200
12. Question
Tom is a project manager on an industrial design project. He is always watching when his team members come into the office, when they take their breaks, and when they leave. He periodically walks around the office to be sure that everyone is doing work when they are at their desks and he insists that he make every project decision, even minor ones. What kind of manager is he?
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Theory X. Correct answer is A. Tom is Theory X manager as he believes that employees need to be watched all of the time and that all of his team members are selfish and unmotivated.
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Question 13 of 200
13. Question
Given the following values, calculate the variance at completion for the project : PV=300, AC=358, EV=324, EAC=454, and BAC=420
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Negative variance at 34. Correct Answer is ‘A’. Variance at Completion(VAC)=BAC-EAC; therefore VAC = 420-454 = -34
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Question 14 of 200
14. Question
You are the project manager for the Moon project. As part of quality management, you have listed the cost of quality, both for conformance and non-conformance. Which of the following is not an attribute of the cost of non-conformance?
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Safety Measures. Correct Answer is ‘A’. We are talking here about cost of conformance and cost of non-conformance. Of the following options, the question is asking about the factors attributing to the cost of conformance (not an attribute to the cost of non-conformance). Downtime, loss of customers, and rework are factors attributing to the cost of non-conformance while safety measures attributes to the cost of conformance.
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Question 15 of 200
15. Question
Rocky, PMP is the project manager of the LFV project. As part of the Initiation process group, he has developed the project charter and is now in the process of identifying people or organizations impacted by his project. He is working on the creation of a document that contains all of the details related to the identified stakeholders. Which formal document is Rocky working on?
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Stakeholder register. Rocky is currently in the ‘Identify stakeholders’ process. The main output of this process is the stakeholder register which contains all of the details related to the identified stakeholders and includes identification information, assessment information, and stakeholder classification.
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Question 16 of 200
16. Question
A contractor is hired on a Cost plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract. The estimated cost of the contract is $200,000; however at completion, the contract costs total $225,000. The agreed upon percentage fee paid to the contractor is 20%. How much will the contractor receive?
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$265,000. Correct Answer is ‘A’. The contractor will receive in a CPFF contract the cost, i.e. $225,000 plus the percentage fee of 20% of the estimated cost of the contract ($200,000) = $40,000. Hence the total amount the contractor will receive is $225,000+$40,000=$265,000.
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Question 17 of 200
17. Question
Sam is the project manager of a large outsourced machinery manufacturing project. During the execution phase of the project, the customer asks for a major change in the machine design that has a big time and cost implication, but the customer says there is not enough budget for this change. As a project manager what should Sameer do?
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Meet with the customer to understand why he is asking for the change. During the PMP exam, you need to select the best option among the available options. Option B is ruled out. If you are doing any change, the change control board should get involved. Option D is not a good option. It is just postponing the problem. Option C says escalate the issue and this is not a good option unless you have complete details. The best option is option A.
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Question 18 of 200
18. Question
Which of the following is an example of the cost of conformance?
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Quality Training. Quality training helps to increase productivity, so it’s listed as a cost of conformance. If you are not clear with what comes under the cost of conformance and what comes under the cost of nonconformance, please go through Lesson number 8 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 19 of 200
19. Question
Your most recent project status report contains the following information: EV = 3,000, AC = 3,500, and PV = 4,000. The schedule performance index is:
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SPI = EV/PV = 3000/4000 = 0.75
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Question 20 of 200
20. Question
Which of the following is a key characteristic of the Delphi technique?
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Expert Opinion. The Delphi technique is based on the philosophy of building consensus with experts.
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Question 21 of 200
21. Question
A project manager has defined the high level scope of the project based on the business and compliance requirements. He is now identifying and documenting high level risks, assumptions and constraints based on current environment, historical data and/ or expert judgment, in order to identify project limitations and propose an implementation approach. Which process group is he in?
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Initiating. It is during the initiating process group that we identify and document high level risks, assumptions and constraints in order to identify project limitations and thereafter propose an implementation approach.
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Question 22 of 200
22. Question
While monitoring the project you find that an accepted risk is going to occur. Which of the following will you use to develop for the response:
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Risk Response Plan. The risk response plan communicates how specific risks will be dealt with and the action steps that are required to carry them out.
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Question 23 of 200
23. Question
A project manager is facing many serious issues in his project to create an application for a hospital management system. The project’s final deliverable is scheduled for two weeks from now. It needs to fulfill compliance to mandatory government health standards. In addition to that there are some changes required to improve performance which the project manager feels will make the customer happy. Amidst all of this, a senior test engineer asks the project manager for a long leave. Which is the most critical issue the project manager needs to address FIRST?
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Ensure product is compliant to government health standards. This question exemplifies a typical scenario when a project manager needs to integrate information and prioritize the most critical issue. In this scenario, option (c) is part of gold plating and is not actually required in the project. Option (b) can pose some trouble to the project manager. The question doesn’t clearly establish whether the resource is leaving before or after the final delivery. There is no indication that his absence would adversely affect the project delivery. In this situation, the most important thing to focus on should be the compliance testing because it is a mandatory requirement on the project.
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Question 24 of 200
24. Question
A typical title for a project manager in a weak matrix structure is:
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Project Coordinator. Project manager in a weak matrix organization typically performs the coordination role.
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Question 25 of 200
25. Question
You are a project manager evaluating a decision whether to buy insurance for a temporary manufacturing facility. The likelihood of a mishap is assessed at 10% and the likely impact is evaluated at $500,000. The cost of insuring is $20,000 and has a $10,000 deductible. Would you advice buying insurance?
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EMV when there is no insurance is -500,000 * 0.1 = $50,000. EMV when there is insurance is -(20,000+ 0.1*10,000) = -21,000. Therefore it makes sense to buy insurance
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Question 26 of 200
26. Question
A framework for keeping an organization focused on its overall strategy is :
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Organizational project management (OPM) provides a framework and direction for how projects, programs, portfolios, and organizational work should be done to meet the organization’s strategic goals.
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Question 27 of 200
27. Question
Integration is done by the:
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Integration is a key responsibility of the project manager.
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Question 28 of 200
28. Question
Linear programming is an example of what type of project selection criteria?
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Constrained optimization uses mathematical models. Linear programming is a mathematical model.
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Question 29 of 200
29. Question
The main purpose of writing a user story is:
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A user story is a way of stating a requirement, often using the following format: As a Role, I want Functionality/Goal, so that Business Benefit/Motivation. User stories may be developed in facilitated workshops or as part of other requirements-gathering methods.
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Question 30 of 200
30. Question
Validate scope is closely related to:
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Control Quality checks for correctness, and Validate Scope checks for acceptance.
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Question 31 of 200
31. Question
Which estimating method tends to be most costly for creating a project cost estimate?
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Because you need project details to estimate this way, the effort expended will be greater with bottom-up estimating.
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Question 32 of 200
32. Question
When a product or service completely meets a customer’s requirement:
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As a general rule, one cannot say that quality (as defined in the question) is either of high or low cost. It provides what the customer wanted, which may not be the lowest or highest cost. When a product or service completely meets a customer’s needs, quality is achieved.
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Question 33 of 200
33. Question
The installation project has a CPI of 1.03 and SPI of 1.0. There are 14 team members, and each team member had input into the final project management plan. The customer has accepted the three deliverables completed so far without complaint, and the responsibility assignment matrix has not changed since the project began. The project is being completed in a matrix environment and there are no contracts needed for the project. Although the sponsor is happy with the status of the project, one of the team members is always complaining about how much time his project work is taking. Which of the following would be the best thing for the project manager to do?
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Improving schedule performance relates to getting the project completed sooner. Although it would seem to be a good idea to improve schedule performance, this project’s performance is fine. The schedule has been approved as it is. It would be better for the project manager to spend more time controlling the project to make sure it finishes according to plan than to improve schedule performance. If you chose attempting to extend the schedule, look at the SPI. There is nothing wrong with the schedule performance of the project that would require an extension. Gaining formal acceptance from the customer will need to be done, as it provides an opportunity for the team to check if everything is going well. This action will not affect the team member’s dissatisfaction, however. The only real problem presented in this situation is that the team member is complaining. If you read the situation completely, you will notice that the team member was involved and approved the project management plan, including his own involvement in the project. Since the responsibility assignment matrix has not changed, the team member has not even been assigned different duties since the project began. There must be something else causing the team member to complain. The project manager should investigate and find out if the reward system is ineffective.
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Question 34 of 200
34. Question
Which of the following MUST be an agenda item at all team meetings?
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Risk is so important that it must be discussed at all team meetings.
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Question 35 of 200
35. Question
With which type of contract is the seller most concerned about project scope?
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In a fixed-price contract, the seller has the cost risk and therefore wants to completely understand the procurement statement of work before bidding.
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Question 36 of 200
36. Question
Stakeholders can be identified in which project management process group?
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Stakeholders can be identified throughout the project. However, the earlier stakeholders are identified, the better for the project. If all of the stakeholders’ needs and requirements are taken into account before plans are finalized and project work is begun, fewer changes will be needed later in the project, when they will be more costly.
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Question 37 of 200
37. Question
A project manager is working with a vendor on a project when she learns one of the sellers has bribed a subcontractor to work on this project instead of fulfilling previous commitments to other projects. What should she do?
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It is the responsibility of the project manager to report unethical behavior to management and those affected. Not reporting this knowledge to the appropriate people is unethical.
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Question 38 of 200
38. Question
Which of the following is not a source of information about specific project constraints and assumptions?
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The project scope management plan
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Question 39 of 200
39. Question
You are managing a software engineering project. Your team is having trouble completing their object design tasks. One of your team members tells you that her friend at another company sent her a copy of a software package they own that will help your team meet its deadline. Without that software package, you project will probably be late. But you don’t have enough money in the budget to purchase it. What’s the BEST way to handle this situation?
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Tell the team member not to use the software, and accept that the project will be late.
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Question 40 of 200
40. Question
You’re managing a construction project to install several hundred air conditioner panels in new office building. Every floor has identical panels. The customer, a construction company, has provided specifications for the installations. The team is using a process to install and verify each panel. As the team completes each panel, your team’s quality control inspector measures it and adds the data point to a control chart. You examine the control chart, and discover that the process is out of control and you need to take close look at it immediately. Which of the following best describes what you found on the control chart?
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At least seven consecutive measurement are either above or below the mean but within the control limits
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Question 41 of 200
41. Question
A project manager is faced with two team members who have confliction opinions. One team member explains her side of the conflict. The other team member responds by saying, “I know you’ll never really listen to my side, so let’s just go with her opinion and get back to work.” This is an example of:
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Withdrawal
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Question 42 of 200
42. Question
Which of the following is NOT a part of the preliminary scope statement?
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A list of requested changes
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Question 43 of 200
43. Question
What is the order of the Procurement Management Processes?
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Plan Purchases and Acquisitions, plan contracting, Request seller responses, select sellers, contract administration, Contract closure
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Question 44 of 200
44. Question
You’ve been hired by a large consulting firm to lead an accounting project. You determine the needs of the project and divide the work up into work packages so that you can show how all of it fits into categories. What are you creating?
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A WBS
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Question 45 of 200
45. Question
Which of the following statements regarding networking is false?
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Networking is a tool/technique of manage project team process
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Question 46 of 200
46. Question
Which of the following formulas is used to calculate the CPI (cost performance index)?
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EV/ AC
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Question 47 of 200
47. Question
All of the following are different dimensions of communication EXCEPT:
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Precise and accuracy
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Question 48 of 200
48. Question
Which of the following statements are not true regarding corrective actions?
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Corrective actions are input to various controlling process
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Question 49 of 200
49. Question
You are in the process of identifying and documenting the project roles and responsibilities and create staffing management plan. Which of the following are outputs of this process EXCEPT:
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. Project staff assignments
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Question 50 of 200
50. Question
Which of the following is an output from Control Costs?
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Budget forecasts
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Question 51 of 200
51. Question
The output of Plan Risk Management is:
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Risk Management Plan
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Question 52 of 200
52. Question
You recently joined as a project manager for an existing project which is being implemented (the previous project manager had to take 2 months personal timeoff). You are happy that the project is under budget and ahead of schedule. You also notice that some features have been included which are not explicitly mentioned in the project scope. While discussing with team-members, you were informed that they thought the added features would be appreciated by the customer and were hence included as part of the project. In this situation, you are:
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concerned because the project team is gold-plating
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Question 53 of 200
53. Question
You are the project manager for a software project responsible for creating a software tool for your finance department. Once the project is completed, maintenance of the product:
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Will not be part of the project life cycle
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Question 54 of 200
54. Question
Conduct Procurements involves the receipt of bids or proposals and the application of the evaluation criteria to select a provider. Which of the following is an input for Conduct Procurements :
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Qualified Seller List
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Question 55 of 200
55. Question
In your project, you have designated a \”war room\” where your team congregates and posts schedules, updates etc. This is an example of:
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Collocation
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Question 56 of 200
56. Question
_________ is a written order directing the contractor to make changes according to the provisions of the contract documents.
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Change order/purchase order Amendment
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Question 57 of 200
57. Question
Project A had an initial investment of $ 3 million, out of which $ 1.5 million has already been spent. Another competing project, Project B will require $ 1.6 million now for completion and will meet the same objectives as project A. Which project should youselect?
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Project A
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Question 58 of 200
58. Question
A project manager has to discuss project progress and track project status with the project team. Which of the following formats is the MOST relevant format for this purpose?
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Bar Chart . A Gantt chart is a bar chart that shows the activities of a project, when each must take place and how long each will take. As the project progresses, bars are shaded to show the activities that have been completed. Also, people assigned to each task can be represented. Thus, project managers can efficiently use the bar charts to track project progress and track status with project team. Option (b
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Question 59 of 200
59. Question
A contract type where the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and receives a predetermined incentives fee based on achieving certain performance incentive is?.
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Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract. A contract type where the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and receives a predetermined incentives fee based on achieving certain performance incentive, is cost plus incentive fee contract. It helps protect buyer interests by giving the seller incentive to keep costs down. Please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Procurement Management PN 362.
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Question 60 of 200
60. Question
Which of the following statements are true?.
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Contract closure and administrative closure both involve product verification
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Question 61 of 200
61. Question
An organization has recently started outsourcing work to a low cost, high value, engineering center located in a different country. According to you, what is the BIGGEST value addition a project manager can provide to the team?
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An exposure to cultural differences. Today’s project team operates in a global environment and work on projects is characterized by cultural diversity. Only those project managers who realize that cultural differences are a resource to be fully utilized can survive in the international project business. Although other options are beneficial, exposure to cultural differences is critical and the biggest value-add to a project’s success.
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Question 62 of 200
62. Question
As a project manager, you decide to create an issue log which captures the issue description, owner, and the target date for issue closure. All of the following are common examples of issues on the project EXCEPT?
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Probable delay in the next delivery. Probable delay in the next delivery represents a project risk and not an issue as the event is uncertain and may or may not happen in future.)L2) Probable delay in the next delivery. Probable delay in the next delivery represents a project risk and not an issue as the event is uncertain and may or may not happen in future.
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Question 63 of 200
63. Question
An international project consists of 150 project team members around the world. Each project team will be upgrading a piece of software in different facilities. The project manager needs to address the quality of the overall delivery. Which of the following is the most suitable quality planning tool?
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Checklists. Correct Answer is ‘B’. Checklists are simple, but effective quality management tools that the project manager can use to ensure the project team is completing the required work.
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Question 64 of 200
64. Question
You are managing a project with one year duration. During the middle of the project, it is found that the quality of the project is not as planned or expected. Who is responsible for this situation?
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Project team. Correct Answer is ‘B’. The project team (the individuals completing the project work) is responsible for the quality of the project deliverables. Option A is incorrect; the project champion may review the work, but the responsibility to meet the quality does not lie with him/her.
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Question 65 of 200
65. Question
Randy is working on an international project which involves 150 team members and the project budget is $1,400,000. The weekly status meeting is conducted worldwide and is scheduled for Wednesday at 5:00 PM and the duration of the meeting is two hours. All of the team members globally communicate using the video conferencing unit at their location. What kind of communication method is this?
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Interactive communication. Correct Answer is B. Interactive communication is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics and is performed between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It includes meetings, phone calls, video conferencing, etc.
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Question 66 of 200
66. Question
In whose favor is the difference between requirements BEST resolved?
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Customer. Correct Answer is ‘B’. Differences should always be resolved in favor of the Customer.
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Question 67 of 200
67. Question
Which of the following is a Tool and Technique used in the ‘Perform integrated change control’ process?
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Expert judgment. Expert judgment is an important tool and techniques used in the perform integrated change control process.
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Question 68 of 200
68. Question
Your project has just been approved by management. You have developed the project charter and identified the project stakeholders. This information from the initiating phase act as inputs to a process, identify the process from the following:
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Planning. Correct Answer is ‘B’. The initiating processes serve as direct inputs to the planning processes. Options A, C, and D are incorrect because initiating processes do not directly serve as an input to the executing, controlling, or closing processes.
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Question 69 of 200
69. Question
Which is the most powerful role in a projectized organization?
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The Project Manager. A projectized organization is organized by projects, so the project manager has the maximum power in this type of organization.
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Question 70 of 200
70. Question
You are managing the installation of a new software product. The product has to be installed at 1000’s of client systems one by one. While your installation team does the installation, the quality team does process metric measurements and adds the data points to a control chart. When you examine the control chart, you discover that the process is out of control and some immediate action needs to be taken. What is noticed on the control chart?
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Atleast seven consecutive measurements were below or above the mean. If this question surprises you, let me tell you that you can expect to see questions like this on the PMP exam. If seven consecutive measurements were below or above the mean, the process is out of control. This is a statistical principle and you should remember this.
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Question 71 of 200
71. Question
Which of the following project management tools is best suited to calculate the longest time that a project will take to complete?
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Network Diagram. The other 3 options will not give information about the critical path and without critical path information we will not be able to calculate the longest time period for a project.
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Question 72 of 200
72. Question
You were conducting the project postmortem meeting for one of your recently completed projects. It was clear in the meeting that some of the customers were not fully satisfied with the project outcome. Your sponsor specifically asks you about the measures taken to ensure customer satisfaction. You refer him to one of your subsidiary plans. Which of the following is it?
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Quality Management Plan. One of the aims of planning quality in the project is to ensure that the project meets all of the stated requirements of the customer. If all customer requirements are met there is no reason why the customer should not be satisfied. However, if customer is dissatisfied the reason needs to be further investigated.
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Question 73 of 200
73. Question
How is operational work different from project work?
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Operational Work is ongoing, whereas Project work is one time. Projects are done with some objectives and a definite start and end date. They are one time activities, where as an operation is ongoing work. An example of operational work is manufacturing of standard products.
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Question 74 of 200
74. Question
You have been sending project status reports to your customer every Monday morning. The project status report is an example of what kind of communication?
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Formal Written Communication. Status reports are shared with various stakeholders. Status reports are ideal for highlighting key project issues on a regular basis. They should be done through formal written communication. They also help in maintaining a communication record for future reference.
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Question 75 of 200
75. Question
If EV = 50; PV = 60; AC = 55 and the current cost performance is likely to continue into the future, what is the likely variation in the overall cost at the end of the project?
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Based on the EV and AC values, it seems that there is a 10% escalation in the cost. Given that this trend is likely to continue in the future, the project will also end up with a 10% cost escalation
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Question 76 of 200
76. Question
There was a prescheduled project status review meeting and one of your team lead sends his report to you an hour before the meeting. You find many issues with the report. What would you do?
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Postpone the meeting and ask him to fix the issues. There is no point in wasting everyone’s time. Also, it’s not a good idea to scold a team member in front of others. Remember, you need to respect everyone including your subordinates.
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Question 77 of 200
77. Question
A manager, managing collection of projects grouped together to facilitate effective management to meet strategic business objectives is called a?
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Portfolio Manager. Portfolio refers to a collection of projects or programs grouped together to facilitate effective management to meet strategic business objectives and the person managing it is called a portfolio manager. Portfolio management describes methods for analyzing and collectively managing a group of current or proposed projects based on numerous key characteristics like business objectives, technical strategy goal etc.
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Question 78 of 200
78. Question
Which of the following is the best use of Pareto charts?
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Pareto charts based on the 80-20 rule are useful for prioritizing from among a number of possible causes – because it helps focus on the 20% causes that result in 80% of the issues
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Question 79 of 200
79. Question
Pareto Analysis is a simple technique for prioritizing problem solving work, so that the first piece of work you do resolves the greatest number of problems. It is based on which of the following principles?
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80/20 Rule. Although option (A) appears correct, Tom Pareto is an ambiguous name. If it had only been the Pareto Principle then that would’ve been a correct answer.
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Question 80 of 200
80. Question
A project manager wants to monitor the performance of a process. She set up thresholds for this purpose and any observation beyond the threshold would trigger a root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions. This is an example of:
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Tolerances or specification limits are customer specified limitations. These limits are meant for the purpose of controlling the process – hence they are control limits.
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Question 81 of 200
81. Question
Which of the following is NOT TRUE for stakeholders?
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Stakeholders cannot exert influence over the project, its deliverables, or project team members. This statement is wrong as stakeholders can exert influence over the project, its deliverables, and team members.
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Question 82 of 200
82. Question
Which of the following statements is NOT true about product life cycle ?
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A product can spawn a single project in its life. Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal. PLM integrates people, data, processes, and business systems to provide a product information backbone for companies. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. A product can spawn or require many projects over its life.
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Question 83 of 200
83. Question
During project executing, the project manager determines that a change is needed to material purchased for the project. The project manager calls a meeting of the team to plan how to make the change. This is an example of:
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The project manager is asking how to make a change. Such a question cannot be resolved using management by objectives, team relations, or a work breakdown structure. The procedures, forms, sign-offs, and other similar requirements for handling changes should have already been determined in the change management plan. Because they were not, the project manager will waste valuable work time trying to figure it out after the fact.
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Question 84 of 200
84. Question
A project manager is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network analysis. Which type of mathematical analysis is being used?
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Beta distribution uses weighted averages to compute activity durations.
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Question 85 of 200
85. Question
Standard deviation is a measure of how:
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Quality training is a cost of conformance to quality. All the other choices are costs of nonconformance to quality.
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Question 86 of 200
86. Question
A project manager must publish a project schedule. Activities, start/end times, and resources are identified. What should the project manager do next?
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The project schedule remains preliminary until resource assignments are confirmed.
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Question 87 of 200
87. Question
What should be done with risks on the watch list?
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Risks change throughout the project. You need to review risks at intervals during the project to ensure noncritical risks on the watch list have not become critical.
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Question 88 of 200
88. Question
While preparing your risk responses, you identify additional risks. What should you do?
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When new risks are identified, they should go through the risk management process. You need to determine the probability and impact of the risks and then try to diminish them through the Plan Risk Responses process. Only after these efforts should you consider adding reserves for time and/or cost. Any reserves should be based on a detailed analysis of risk. Calculating the expected monetary value of the risks is an important part of the risk management process, and the best choice presented here.
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Question 89 of 200
89. Question
A PMP-certified project manager is contracted by PMI and asked to provide information regarding another project manager who has been reported to be involved in unethical activities. The PMP-certified project manager knows his information would support the accusations, and the other project manager in question is a friend. He decide the best thing to do would be to not respond, and therefore neither confirm nor deny the accusations. Is this the right thing to do?
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Ignoring the request from PMI and lying for the project manager do not support PMI’s request for information and are unethical actions. PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct requires PMP-certified project managers to report unethical behavior and violations of the code. The PMP-certified project manager is obligated to cooperate with PMI in collecting information.
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Question 90 of 200
90. Question
Which of the following is not a tool or technique of the perform quality control process?
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Quality audits
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Question 91 of 200
91. Question
You are managing a software project. Your are partway through the project and your team has just delivered a preliminary version of part of the software. Your team gives a demonstration to the project sponsor and key stakeholders. Late, the sponsor informs you that there is an important client who will be using the software your team is building, and whose needs are not being met. As a result, you must now make a large and expensive change to accommodate that client. What is the best explanation for this?
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Stakeholder analysis was not performed adequately
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Question 92 of 200
92. Question
A project manager uses a facilitator to gather opinions from experts anonymously. What tool or technique of Risk Identification is being performed?
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Delphi technique
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Question 93 of 200
93. Question
You are managing a software engineering project, when two team members come to you with a conflict. The lead developer has identified an important project risk: you have a subcontractor that may not deliver on time. Another developer doesn’t believe that the risk is likely to happen; however you consult the lessons learned from previous projects and discover that subcontractors failed to deliver their work on two previous projects. The lead developer suggests that you have two team members take three weeks to research the component being built by the subcontractor, and come up some initial work that you can fall back on in case that Subcontractor does not deliver. You decide to follow the lead developer’s advice over the objections of the other team member. Which of the following BEST describes this scenario?
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Mitigation
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Question 94 of 200
94. Question
Which of the following is NOT a tool of the Scope definition process?
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Constrained Optimization
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Question 95 of 200
95. Question
You are being hired to manage a highway construction project for a contractor working for smith county. The sponsor is a project officer who works for the smith county municipal government. You have three separate teams working all three shifts, with a separate foreman for each team. Each team has members from two differs unions, and each union has its own representative. Who is the best person to approve the project charter?
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The smith county project officer
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Question 96 of 200
96. Question
Which of the following is NOT an output of the manage stakeholders process?
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Deliverables
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Question 97 of 200
97. Question
Which of the following can be used as a reference for the project objectives?
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Project charter
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Question 98 of 200
98. Question
Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding Monte Carlo analysis?
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Monte Carlo analysis used expected value (EV) calculations as one of its inputs
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Question 99 of 200
99. Question
The risk register is an input to all of the following processes EXCEPT:
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Identify risks
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Question 100 of 200
100. Question
Which of the following statements are true regarding the procurement managementplan?
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The procurement management plan explains how multiples vendors should be managed
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Question 101 of 200
101. Question
Product verification is usually performed in closing process. Which of the following statement are true?
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Product verification is used to verify that work was completed correctly and satisfactorily
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Question 102 of 200
102. Question
You are the project manager at a financial services company. Your company has awarded a CPFF (cost plus fixed fee) contract to XYZ Corp, a financial consulting company, to develop a comprehensive workstation offering real-time advanced charting, decision support tools, and portfolio management.The terms and conditions of the contract explicitly stipulate that XY Corp must provide weekly status reports and performance reports regarding the project work. However, the seller has failed to provide any status report for the past 3 weeks. Which of the following is the BEST action to take?
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. Issue a letter of default
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Question 103 of 200
103. Question
Because of the change in scope of your project, you may have to do all the following except:
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Do Scope Planning
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Question 104 of 200
104. Question
Core processes:
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have clear dependencies that require them to be performed in essentially the same order
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Question 105 of 200
105. Question
Which statement relating to Verify Scope and Perform Quality control is correct?
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Verify Scope is concerned with acceptance of the work results while perform quality control is primarily concerned with correctness of the work results.
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Question 106 of 200
106. Question
The process of obtaining formal acceptance of the project scope bystakeholders is also referred to as:
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Verify Scope
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Question 107 of 200
107. Question
Central repository of project information, project files and shared folders are examples of:
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Project Management Information System
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Question 108 of 200
108. Question
A change request can be all the following except:
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Formal or informal
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Question 109 of 200
109. Question
Organizational planning involves identifying, documenting, and assigning project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships. As a result of organizational planning, you have all the outputs except:
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Project Staff Assignment
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Question 110 of 200
110. Question
Comparing actual project results to planned or expected results is a part of:
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Variance Analysis
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Question 111 of 200
111. Question
Getting the needed human resources (individuals or groups) assigned to and working on your project is done as part of:
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Acquire Project Team
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Question 112 of 200
112. Question
Your Management is evaluating a project which requires an investment of $ 500,000. The expected inflow is $ 100,000 for 1st year, and $ 300,000 for every year after that. What is the payback period?
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2 years, 4 months
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Question 113 of 200
113. Question
You are a project manager in a construction company and urgently require some expert welders for a short duration. You checked their availability internally with the functional manager, but he is not able to match the skill set required by you. You decide to acquire these resources on contract. Which of the following is the BEST type of contract for your requirements?
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Time and Material. Since the requirement is short term and the project manager wants to have a brief and quick contract, a time and material contract is the best option. Time and material contracts are most suitable for staff augmentation, acquisition of experts etc. Please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Procurement Management PN 362.
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Question 114 of 200
114. Question
What is the name of PMI’s organization maturity model for project management?.
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OPM3. OPM3 was published by the Project Management Institute Incorporated (PMI
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Question 115 of 200
115. Question
You have been assigned a large construction project and you are in the Initiation process group. You have identified the project stakeholders using stakeholder analysis tool and defined the high level scope of the project. During these activities you have identified a key project limitation regarding the project location. What is the BEST option for you, in this situation?
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Document the project limitation as a project constraint and propose an implementation approach with the sponsor and customer, if required. Once the project manager has identified the stakeholders, his next activity in the Initiation process group is to identify and document project high level risks, assumptions, constraints based on the current environment and historical records and propose an implementation approach for the same. Later the project manager will further progressively elaborate the project charter with inputs from the stakeholders and get a formal approval from the sponsor and the customer, if required.
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Question 116 of 200
116. Question
Which of the following types of organizations would have the most complex communication management ?.
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Matrix organization has combination of both functional and projectized characteristics as project members are from across the organization. This makes the communication more complex and challenging as team members not only need to communicate within their project team but across different horizontal departments and vertical domains. Note : There is no word for ad hoc organization in the PMBOK.
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Question 117 of 200
117. Question
Uncertainty is usually the least in which project life cycle phase?.
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Uncertainty decreases as you progress on the project. It would usually be the least during closure.)L2) Uncertainty decreases as you progress on the project. It would usually be the least during closure.
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Question 118 of 200
118. Question
Which of the following contract types would be incur the MOST cost risk for the buyer ?.
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Cost plus percentage of cost. Please refer to their definitions to understand what each of them mean. Cost plus fixed fee contracts pay a pre-determined fee that was agreed upon at the time of contract formation. In a cost-plus-incentive fee contract, a larger fee is awarded for contracts which meet or exceed performance targets including cost savings. Cost plus award fee contracts pay a fee based upon the contractor’s work performance. In some contracts, the fee is determined subjectively by an awards fee board whereas in others the fee is based upon objective performance metrics. Cost plus percentage of cost contracts pay a fee that rises as the contractors costs rise. Since this contract type provides no incentive for the contractor to control costs it is rarely utilized and is most risky for the buyer.)L2) Cost plus percentage of cost. Please refer to their definitions to understand what each of them mean. Cost plus fixed fee contracts pay a pre-determined fee that was agreed upon at the time of contract formation. In a cost-plus-incentive fee contract, a larger fee is awarded for contracts which meet or exceed performance targets including cost savings. Cost plus award fee contracts pay a fee based upon the contractor’s work performance. In some contracts, the fee is determined subjectively by an awards fee board whereas in others the fee is based upon objective performance metrics. Cost plus percentage of cost contracts pay a fee that rises as the contractors costs rise. Since this contract type provides no incentive for the contractor to control costs it is rarely utilized and is most risky for the buyer.
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Question 119 of 200
119. Question
You are in the final stages of determining your cost baseline for the project and funding requirements. Which process are you in?
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Cost Budgeting. Cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of determine budget. They are done as part of cost budgeting for the project. Please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Cost Management PN 208 for more details.)L2) Cost Budgeting. Cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of determine budget. They are done as part of cost budgeting for the project. Please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Cost Management PN 208 for more details.
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Question 120 of 200
120. Question
One way the close project or phase process differs from close procurement is:
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Procurement closure means verifying that the project is completed or terminated; close project or phase is the process of tying up all of the activities for every management process group. Correct answer is C. When you’re performing the close procurements process, you’re closing out work done by a seller for a contract. On the other hand, when you’re performing the close project or phase process, you’re finalizing all of the various activities that you do across all of the process groups. Also, you’re verifying that the work and deliverables are complete.
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Question 121 of 200
121. Question
Which of the following types of power are considered best for leading a team?
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Expert. Expert power is the best type of power that one should use to lead a team. In order to find out more about the different types of power, please refer to Lesson number 9 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 122 of 200
122. Question
During risk response planning, you identified a few new risks. What should you do?
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Follow the risk management processes of calculating risk probability and impact. When new risks are identified, you should follow the risk management processes. Once the risks are identified, the next step is to analyze the probability and impact of the risks.
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Question 123 of 200
123. Question
During the closing process, product verification is usually performed. Which of the following statement are true?
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Product verification is used to verify that work was completed correctly and satisfactorily. Product verification is a part of the closing project activities wherein the final end product or service is verified to assist the project manager and his team to go ahead with the closing activities.
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Question 124 of 200
124. Question
Your program manager asks you to reduce the project schedule. You look at the network diagram and start identifying the sequence of activities which can possibly happen in parallel. Which technique are you using?
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Fast Tracking. Fast tracking is the process of replacing the serial relationship of activities to a parallel relationship in order to reduce the project schedule. This is one of the schedule network analysis techniques. You can learn more about the other schedule network analysis techniques by referring to Lesson no. 6 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 125 of 200
125. Question
Andy is the project manager of a new software development project. He finds a major issue with the project requirement management process and can find a trend in requirement related defects. He is using an Ishikawa diagram to come up with the root cause of the trend so he can make recommendations for the process to avoid problems in the future. What process is he doing?
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Perform Quality Assurance. Process analysis is one of the tools of perform quality assurance. In order to find out more about process analysis, please refer to Lesson number 8 of Simplilearn PMP preparation course.
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Question 126 of 200
126. Question
You’ve been hired by a large consulting firm to evaluate a software project. You have access to the CPI and EV for the project, but not the AC. The CPI is .92 and the EV is $172,500. How much money has actually been spent on the project?
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AC = EV / CPI = $172,500 / .92 = $187,500
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Question 127 of 200
127. Question
Which of the following is an input to the ‘identify stakeholders’ process?
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Of the stated options, ‘Procurement documents’ is an input to the ‘identify stakeholders’ process. Options, stakeholder register and stakeholder management strategy respectively are outputs from the ‘identify stakeholders’ process. Option expert judgment is a tool and technique for this process. For more information on this process, refer to Page No : 393 of PMBOK 5th Edition.
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Question 128 of 200
128. Question
A project manager is making sure that the product of the project is as per the project management plan. Which part of the project management process is he in?
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Monitoring and Controlling (see PMBOK section 5.5). During project closure, the project manager reviews the acceptance documentation from scope verification to ensure that all project requirements are completed
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Question 129 of 200
129. Question
A project manager likes to involve his team in the decision making process . Whenever there are issues which require urgent decisions, he calls the team to work out a solution together. This approach is
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Incorrect, as lot of time and effort of the project team is spent on decisions which could be singularly made by the project manager. The key words here are ‘involve his team in all the decision making process’. It is important for the project manager to involve his project team to work out solutions to critical project issues. However, he should use this approach judiciously as the amount of time spent in the meetings could lead to an inefficient use of the team’s time. Furthermore, in many situations meetings actually delay the decision making process due to internal conflicts.
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Question 130 of 200
130. Question
A key stakeholder from the quality department wants to know more on how the process tailoring was done by the project team. Additionally, he would like to know the rational for selecting processes, their implementation level details, and how they will be used to manage the interdependencies. Which document should the project manager refer him to?
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Project Management Plan. The results of process tailoring by the project team are captured in the project management plan, along with all the other information required by the stakeholder
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Question 131 of 200
131. Question
A project manager is in the process of documenting and defining stakeholder’s needs to meet project objectives. What is the output of this process?
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Requirements Documentation. The project manager is in the process of ‘collect requirements’ which has the output – requirements documentation. This document describes how individual requirements meet the business need for the project. It is important that the requirements documented are unambiguous (measurable and testable), traceable, and acceptable to key stakeholders. Option (a) stakeholder register is only a list of stakeholders in the project, whereas option (b) stakeholder management strategy describes the strategy to manage stakeholder expectations. Option (d) issue log is a document to capture project issues.
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Question 132 of 200
132. Question
Jenny is the project manager and is currently in the initiating process group. She understands that it is critical for project success to identify stakeholders early in the project. Therefore, she is in the process ‘identify stakeholders’. Of the following, which INPUT may not be required,
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Expert Judgment. Expert judgment is a tool and technique for the ‘identify stakeholders’ process and is not an input.
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Question 133 of 200
133. Question
The difference between a project, program, and portfolio is:
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A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of related projects, and a portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific strategic objective. Remember to use the process of elimination, ruling out any answer that is not completely correct.
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Question 134 of 200
134. Question
A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:
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In the project management process, the project budget, detailed risk assessment, and project management plan come after the schedule is created. The only answer that could be an input is the work breakdown structure.
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Question 135 of 200
135. Question
During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurement that will be used on the project to assess performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related to activities assigned to him are not valid measurements. The projects is BEST considered to be in what part of the project management process?
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This situation does not describe an actual measurement (a monitoring and controlling activity) but rather a meeting occurring during project executing.
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Question 136 of 200
136. Question
Which process group focuses on completing the requirements of project?
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Project executing is where work is done to produce the product of the project.
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Question 137 of 200
137. Question
Lag means:
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Total float and free float are the time an activity can be delayed without impacting the entire project or the next activity. A forward or backward pass refers to a network analysis technique, not waiting time. Waiting time is the correct definition of lag.
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Question 138 of 200
138. Question
Which of the following is the best thing to do when asked to complete a project two days earlier than planned?
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This is another question that asks about problem solving. Neither telling the boss nor waiting to see the status next month tries to solve the real problem. It would be inaccurate to report that the project cannot be finished earlier. Only meeting with the team to look for options for compressing the schedule (by crashing or fast tracking) relates to problem solving.
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Question 139 of 200
139. Question
Which of the following is a benefit of an analogous project estimate?
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Remember that analogous project estimates are considered to be top-down, high-level estimates. Therefore, they are not based on a detailed understanding of what the work will require. The project manager needs more than an analogous (high-level) estimate to determine whether or not the project will meet the schedule. The benefit of an analogous project estimate is that it is management’s expectations of how long the project will take. Any differences between the analogous estimate and the detailed bottom-up estimate can be reconciled in the planning processes.
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Question 140 of 200
140. Question
A project manager analyzed the quality of risk data and asked various stakeholders to determine the probability and impact of a number of risks. He is about to move to the next process of risk management. Based on this information, What has the project manager forgotten to do?
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The project manager is in the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process. This process includes risk data quality assessment and probability and impact matrix development. it appears the project manager has not yet completed the matrix, which is used to sort risks based on their probability and impact ratings. Trend analysis, the identification of triggers, and development of fallback plans will occur later in risk management.
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Question 141 of 200
141. Question
Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role in the procurement process?
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The project manager knows the project risks. He or she needs to make sure provisions are included in the contract to address these risks.
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Question 142 of 200
142. Question
A seller is awarded a contract to build a pipeline. The contract terms and conditions require a work plan to be issued for the buyer’s approval prior to commencing work, But the seller fails to provide one. Which of the following is the best thing for the buyer’s project manager to do?
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When a seller does not perform according to the contract terms and conditions, they have defaulted and the project manager must take action. You might prefer a choice to investigate the default by contacting the seller and asking what is going on, but that choice is not available here. You must send the formal written notice as soon as you become aware of the default so that you do not give up any right to receive the work plan in the future. You can contact the seller for a discussion as the second thing you do. Therefore, the best choice is to let the seller know they are in default. The default notification letter will instruct the seller to meet the performance requirement.
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Question 143 of 200
143. Question
The project manager is trying to recall a stakeholder’s preferred communication method. Where can she find that information?
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Stakeholders’ individual communication requirements are documented in the stakeholder management plan.
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Question 144 of 200
144. Question
A bar chart shows the number and type of resources you need throughout your project is called a __________
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Resource Histogram
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Question 145 of 200
145. Question
Your team has identified a risk with some of the chemicals you are using on your highway construction project. It is really difficult to mix them just right and based on past projects, you’ve figured out that there’s a high probability that about 14% of the chemical supply will be lost in mixing problems. You decide to buy an extra 15% of the chemicals up front so that you will be prepared for those losses and your project won’t be delayed. Which response strategy are you using?
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Mitigate
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Question 146 of 200
146. Question
You are working with potential sponsors to determine which project your company will pursue. Based on the benefit-to-cost(BCR) ratios, which of the following four projects should you recommend?
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Project C has a BCR of 3:1
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Question 147 of 200
147. Question
You are the project manager of a software project. Two developers, bill and Alfredo, are having an argument about how to implement a feature. Bill thinks that it’s more important that the project get done quickly, so he’s suggesting that you re-use some work that’s been done on a previous project to get started. Alfredo thinks that that work doesn’t apply to this project and will just waste time. Bill is almost always right about these things and he’s very influential on the team, so it’s important that you keep him happy. What should you do?
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Call a meeting to hear both sides of the situation and decide in favor of the solution that is best supported by objective evidence.
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Question 148 of 200
148. Question
You are a project manager at a biotech company, where you are leading a cross functional team to develop a treatment for diabetes. The organization has a weak matrix structure, where all of your team members report to different functional managers and none of the team member report to you directly. You have just completed the latest round of performance reviews and identified the CPI is 1.15, SPI is1.05, and few minor adjustments are needed. In order to improve the project performance and team motivation you have decided to Collaborate them into brand new facility. The acility has the state of art gym and a 24 hour Cafeteria. Team is quite excited about the move. Which of the following best describes the actions?
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Hertzberg’s theory was incorrectly applied
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Question 149 of 200
149. Question
All of the following statements are true regarding Simulation and Monte Carlo analysis EXCEPT:
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None of the choices are correct
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Question 150 of 200
150. Question
Following are theinputs to the distribute information process EXCEPT:
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Stakeholder Register
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Question 151 of 200
151. Question
You are a project manager at a project company developing wireless mobile applications.You are currently in the identify risks process, where you are trying to identify and document all risks that might impact the project. You have assembled your experts both from inside and outside the company. You have asked them to make a anonymous questionnaire to identify the potential risks of the project. The experts will then mail back the questionnaire directly to you. Once you have received the feedback, you intend to organize the responses in order to compile a final list of potential project risks. Which of the following best describes the techniques are you using?
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Delphi technique
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Question 152 of 200
152. Question
With respect to risk management, which of the following are not true regarding decision tree analysis?
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The PDM schedule is typically used to construct the decision tree
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Question 153 of 200
153. Question
Based on past estimates, there is 25% probability for a particular event to happen every year. If a project lasts for 3 years, what is the probability that the activity will happen in the 3rd year?
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0.25
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Question 154 of 200
154. Question
You are the Project Manager for a company doing research on alternative fuels for automobiles. In your project, which of the following is a valid assumption:
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Gasoline fuels will become very expensive and less readily available after 10 years
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Question 155 of 200
155. Question
You are collecting and disseminating information to provide stakeholders with information about how resources are being used to achieve project objectives. This is done as part of:
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Performance Reporting
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Question 156 of 200
156. Question
Perform Quality Assurance involves evaluating project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards. Which of the following is an output from Perform Quality Assurance Process?
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Change Requests
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Question 157 of 200
157. Question
The cost of corrective action taken by the purchaser and chargeable to the supplier under the terms of the contract is
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Back Charge
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Question 158 of 200
158. Question
Utility function is a commonly used technique to find out the tolerance of a project manager towards risk. Some project managers are more averse towards risk than others. All the following are different classifications of tolerance for risk EXCEPT:
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Risk Mitigator
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Question 159 of 200
159. Question
You are working on a highly visible project for which it is critical to have accurate cost estimates. While reviewing cost estimates for the project you notice that one of the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) work packages is estimated almost 25% higher than two other similar WBS work packages. What should you do in this case ?.
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Call the WBS owner to discuss the basis for estimating the work package. It is always important for you as project manager to first understand the reason for deviation before taking an action.
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Question 160 of 200
160. Question
All of the following are enterprise and environmental factors that can influence direct and manage project work EXCEPT.
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‘Standardized guidelines and work instructions’ is a part of Organizational Process Assets. Refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Integration Management PN 27.
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Question 161 of 200
161. Question
Documentation of lessons learned is important in any project and forms the main input to organizational process assets. In fact, continuous improvement of the project management process cannot occur without lessons learned. This process is completed by the project team and is BEST done when?.
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Throughout the project, finalized during project phase closing or project closing. Lessons learned should be documented all through the project execution and not at the end of the project. This would make the activity more efficient. Also other projects can use inputs from lessons learned sooner.
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Question 162 of 200
162. Question
A project is in the final testing stage and is approaching a critical deadline. Two senior members of the team who have already had disagreements throughout project execution are caught up in a deadlock. The project manager has tried his best to sort out their differences but it hasn’t worked. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do in this situation?
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Use an Autocratic approach and make a decision which is best for the project. This is a tricky question and if you didn’t get it right I would suggest you re-read the question and re-evaluate your decision. The project manager is responsible for the project’s success .This project is approaching a critical deadline and these two members have always been a problem. Option (a
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Question 163 of 200
163. Question
A project manager is going through the Project Statement of Work provided by the project sponsor .Which of the following will NOT be a part of this document?
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Performance Baseline. Performance Baseline is a part of the project management plan. Please Refer to the PMBOK 5th edition Project Integration Management PN 76.
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Question 164 of 200
164. Question
A project team is ahead of their schedule and their SPI is currently 1.4 and CPI is 1.2 respectively. The project manager and the team is brainstorming on the scope of next milestone delivery. They have found that including an additional feature would enhance the usability of the product and can be compressed in the current schedule. What should the project team do next?
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Drop this feature as it is gold plating and customer does not need it. Remember, PMI does not recommend gold plating and this additional feature is definitely not part of the requirement in the contract. Though it does not affect delivery it may involve costs or additional risk, so option (a
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Question 165 of 200
165. Question
You have just started administering a contract when management decides to terminate the contract. What should you do first?
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You should look at closing the contract and seeking help from the legal and contracts departments of the company. You should also let the management know of the repercussions.)L2) You should look at closing the contract and seeking help from the legal and contracts departments of the company. You should also let the management know of the repercussions.
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Question 166 of 200
166. Question
As a project manager, you have been asked by the customer to give an overview of the project status using milestone charts. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about milestone charts?
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Milestone charts are used to define a phase of a project. Milestone charts capture the major milestones on the project which represent the beginning or completion of a deliverable, work package, phase, or project. Milestones are zero duration activities and are commonly used to present project status to senior management or the customer)L2) Milestone charts are used to define a phase of a project. Milestone charts capture the major milestones on the project which represent the beginning or completion of a deliverable, work package, phase, or project. Milestones are zero duration activities and are commonly used to present project status to senior management or the customer
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Question 167 of 200
167. Question
In one of the project status reports, two of the senior team members get into an argument regarding the introduction of a new tool that automates the process of filling out time sheets. Which of the following would provide you maximum insight into the conversation from the following?
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Body language and voice modulation including pitch and tone. Option (d) includes non-verbal and Para lingual forms which are critical for effective communication.L2) Body language and voice modulation including pitch and tone. Option (d) includes non-verbal and Para lingual forms which are critical for effective communication.
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Question 168 of 200
168. Question
The staffing management plan, which is part of the human resource plan, describes when and how human resources requirements will be met. Information on the staffing management plan may vary according to the application area and project size. Key areas may be the following except:
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Work Items. Correct Answer is D. The staffing management plan may include staff acquisition, resource calendars, staff release plan, training needs, recognition and rewards, compliance, and safety.
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Question 169 of 200
169. Question
During procurement closure, a procurement audit includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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Using the payment system to process consideration as per the terms of the contract. Correct answer is D.
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Question 170 of 200
170. Question
Forecasting is the process of predicting future project performance based on the actual performance to date. Forecasting methods may be classified in the following categories EXCEPT :
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Cost series methods. The correct answer is D. Forecasting methods are classified in the following categories — judgmental methods, Delphi technique, causal methods, time series methods. For more information, refer to PMBOK 5th edition Page 220.
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Question 171 of 200
171. Question
At the annual general meeting, the CEO announced to the shareholders that the end date for the project that you are managing is the end of next year. This happens to be 6 months earlier than the scheduled project end date. You approach the project sponsor with this information. He informs you that it is too late to speak to the CEO and ask her to rectify her mistake as the shareholders are expecting implementation by the announced date. As a project manager, you can deliver the project deliverables by the earlier date by:
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Examining the project plan to identify if any of the phases can be fast tracked and revise the project plan to reflect the compression of the schedule. Correct Answer is ‘D’. Fast tracking is the best option in this scenario and the project manager has to examine the project plan to identify if any of the phases can be fast tracked.
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Question 172 of 200
172. Question
The senior management asks a project manager to start working on a process improvement project to improve productivity. What should the project manager first ensure?
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The project charter is made and signed off by the senior management thus authorizing the project manager to deploy organizational resources to complete the project. Correct Answer is ‘D’. A project manager should ensure that the right project management practices are followed. A project needs a project charter to list the objectives of the project, the high-level deliverables, and to empower the project manager to spend organizational resources. Professional responsibility requires the project manager to secure the authority necessary to manage the project successfully.
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Question 173 of 200
173. Question
As a project manager, you understand the importance of effective communication with stakeholders. You want to present a project progress report to the stakeholders in the next project meeting. What should be your approach?
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Research and understand the experience level and expectations of stakeholders. Since a project’s success is heavily dependent on stakeholders favorable acceptance of the project, it is important to have effective communication with stakeholders, especially during project meetings. For this purpose, the project manager should research and understand his stakeholders expectations before presenting project progress reports.
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Question 174 of 200
174. Question
You are managing a multinational project with team members sitting across different countries with varying time zones. In this scenario, you wish to choose a communication medium which is most efficient for the project requirements. What is the most appropriate way to address this?
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Discuss these communication requirements and available options with stakeholders to seek their input. It is important to have an effective communication medium in this project, especially since the team is in different geographical locations and communication requirements are complex. It is best to take input from the stakeholders of the project and understand their communication requirements before finalizing a technique
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Question 175 of 200
175. Question
You are a project manager taking over a project midway. It is in the execution phase. You would like to know more about project deliverables, work required to complete those deliverables, project constraints, assumptions, etc. Which of the following documents would be MOST useful?
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Project Scope Statement. The project manager should refer to the project scope statement as it captures all of the details related to the project scope including product acceptance criteria, scope description, project deliverables, constraints, assumptions, etc. Option (a) and option (c) define project scope at the smaller work package and activity level respectively. Option (b) Requirements Documentation captures requirements of the project related to quality, functional and non-functional requirements, support requirements, etc. and is an incorrect.
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Question 176 of 200
176. Question
Which of the following does not signify the obstacles to effective delegation of authority?
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Unwillingness of subordinate to delegate authority
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Question 177 of 200
177. Question
A project manager is proactively managing the change through the scope control process. Which of the following should he be MOST worried about?
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Verbal communication from key stakeholders. Undocumented changes should never be allowed by the project manager. He should ensure that whenever a change is requested, the impact on features and functions of the product (including that on the triple constraints) is documented with a change request. Only then should the change continue through integrated change control. Option (a) value-added changes describe changes in the scope that would provide benefits in terms of cost reduction etc. Option (b) errors and omissions could be both in project scope, which is the work to complete the project and the product scope which are the features and functions of the deliverables. Option (c) risk response involves changes in the scope required to mitigate an identified risk. Of all the above events which would result in possible change of scope, option (d) verbal undocumented changes poses maximum potential threat to a project
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Question 178 of 200
178. Question
All of the following are parts of the Direct and Manager Project Work process except:
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A WBS is created in project planning, but can be used to help manage the project during project executing. The wording here was not “creating a WBS,” but “using a WBS.” A project control system is set up during project planning, not during project executing, and therefore is the exception.
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Question 179 of 200
179. Question
The program was planned years ago, before there was a massive introduction of new technology. While planning the next project in this program, the project manager has expanded the scope management plan because, as a project becomes more complex, the level of uncertainty in the scope:
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Not all questions will be difficult. The level of uncertainty in scope increases based on the scale of effort required to identify all the scope. For larger projects, it is more difficult to catch” everything.
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Question 180 of 200
180. Question
A cost performance index (CPI) of 0.89 means:
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The CPI is less than one, so the situation is bad. The project is only getting 89 cents out of every dollar invested.
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Question 181 of 200
181. Question
Monitoring cost expended to date in order to detect variance from the plan occurs during:
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Recommending corrective actions and possible updates to the cost baseline result from project performance reviews; they are not concurrent with them. Monitoring costs is part of change control, but not part of creating the change control system. The correct choice is project performance reviews.
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Question 182 of 200
182. Question
You are asked to select tools and techniques to implement a quality assurance program to supplement existing quality control activities. Which of the following would not be appropriate for this purpose?
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Focus groups are a tool of the Collect Requirements process, and would not be useful in the Perform Quality Assurance process.
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Question 183 of 200
183. Question
All of the following are forms of power derived from the project manager’s position EXCEPT:
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When someone is given the job of project manager, he or she will have formal, reward, and penalty power. But just having the position does not make the project manager either a technical or project management expert. Expert power has to be earned.
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Question 184 of 200
184. Question
There have been many work packages completed successfully on the project, and the sponsor has made some recommendations for improvements. The project is on schedule to meet an aggressive deadline when the successor activity to a critical path activity suffers a major setback. The activity has 14 days of float and is being completed by four people. There are two other team members with the skill set to assist the troubled activity, if needed. The project managers receives a call that three other team members are attempting to be removed from the project because they do not feel the project can be successful. When the project manager pursues this, he discovers that those team members have issues that have not been addressed. Which of the following is the best thing to do to improve the project?
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Sometimes complex problems are caused by not doing simple things. The data in the first paragraph, once you read the choices, is completely extraneous. The troubled activity has float and so does not need immediate attention. It may not be necessary for additional team members to assist the troubled activity, but none of the choices suggest investigating whether the amount of float is enough to cover any delay caused by the trouble. Rather, the choices take you in different directions. Investigating why the schedule is so aggressive should have been done before the project began. Replacing team members does not solve the root cause of the problem. Could there be something the project manager is doing wrong, or could be doing that he is not, that would solve the problem without losing resources? Wouldn’t it be more effective to discover the root cause of those team members’ concerns so the problem does not surface again later? The creation of an issue log will let the troubled team members know their concerns have been heard, are noted, and will be resolved. This might be enough to stop them from leaving and avoid the resultant project delays and confusion if new team members must be added.
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Question 185 of 200
185. Question
Two people are arguing about what needs to be done to complete a work package. In addition to the words being spoken, if the project manager wants to know what is going on, she should pay most attention to:
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Remember that nonverbal communication represents a major part of all communication. The choice including paralingual communication (pitch and tone), as well as physical mannerisms, is the best choice.
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Question 186 of 200
186. Question
The project manager is expecting a deliverable to be submitted by e-mail from a team member today. At the end of the day, the project manager contacts the team member of notify him that it has not been received. The team member apologizes and explains that he was not able to e-mail the deliverable, and it was sent through the mail instead. The team member goes on to remind the deliverable, and it was sent through the mail instead. The team member goes on to remind the project manager that he had informed the project manager, during a phone conversation that this would occur. “was that the conversation we had when I told you I could not hear you well due to poor well phone coverage?” asks the project manager. “Yes ,replies the team member. What could have been done to avoid this problem?
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The pitch and tone of voice (paralingual communication) is not relevant here, as the project manager could not even hear all that was being said. There were no issues recognized after the conversation, so none could be added to the issue log. This issue is not related to communications requirements, so that choice cannot be best. Saying, “I am not sure I properly heard what you said; during the conversation or repeating the message back to the team member would have prevented this problem. Giving and requesting feedback during the communication is the best option.
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Question 187 of 200
187. Question
You are a project manager for one of many projects in a large and important program. At a high level status meetings, you note that another project manager has reported her project on schedule. Looking back on your project over the last few weeks, you remember many deliverables from the other project that arrived late. What should you do?
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You should confront the situation by discussing it with the other project manager. You can then find out if the other project is really on schedule and thereby confirm or deny your information. Meeting with the program manager or with your boss would be the next step if meeting with the other project manager validates your concern. You might also develop a risk response plan to deal with the risk to your project. First, though, you need to meet with the other project manager regarding those late deliverables.
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Question 188 of 200
188. Question
You’re holding a PMP study group so that you and your co-workers can work together to study for the exam. One person recently took and passed the exam, and has offered to give you all of the questions he can remember. How should you respond?
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Refuse the offer, and report the person to PMI
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Question 189 of 200
189. Question
Which of the following statements are true regarding the critical chain method?
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The CCM focuses on managing the total float of network paths to ensure that project are delivered on schedule
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Question 190 of 200
190. Question
All of the following statements regarding management reserves are true EXCEPT:A. Management reserves are not part of the project cost baseline but are included in thebudget for the projectB. Management reserve describes the difference between the maximum funding andtheend of the cost baselineC. Management reserves are allowance for unplanned, but potentially require to changesto the project scope and costD.Management reserves are distributed as part of the budget and are part of earnedvalue calculations
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Management reserves are distributed as part of the budget and are part of earned value calculations
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Question 191 of 200
191. Question
A SPI < 1 indicates which of the following?
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Project is behind schedule
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Question 192 of 200
192. Question
All the following statements are true regarding communication management plan except:
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None of choices are correct
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Question 193 of 200
193. Question
All the following statements about risk are true except:
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Risk has only negative impact on the project objective
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Question 194 of 200
194. Question
All the following are tools of Perform Quality Control except
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Quality Audits
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Question 195 of 200
195. Question
You are using an Arrow Diagramming method to construct a project network diagram – you use arrows to represent the activities and connect them at nodes to show their dependencies. You can use all the following as Inputs for this process EXCEPT:
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Schematic Display of project`s activities and logical relationships
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Question 196 of 200
196. Question
Conduct Procurements involves obtaining responses(bids and proposals) from prospective sellers on how project needs can be met. Most of the cost for the Conduct Procurements is usually paid for by the:
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Seller
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Question 197 of 200
197. Question
A flow chart is any diagram which shows how various elements of a system relate and includes techniques like \”Cause and Effect Diagrams\” and \”System or Process Flowcharts.\” As a project manager, you find flow-charting as an useful tool for :
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Both A and C
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Question 198 of 200
198. Question
During plan procurements, you identify which project needs can be best met by procuring products or services outside the project organization. In this context, which of the statements relating to Product Description and Statement of Work is correct?
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All Statements above are true
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Question 199 of 200
199. Question
Plan Quality involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them. For this, you use \”cost of quality\” as a tool. In this context, cost of quality refers to:
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All the statements above are true
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Question 200 of 200
200. Question
Two fundamental objectives of project control are to
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Ensure that the required input of material, personnel, and equipment is available when needed and that budgeting is adequate Achieve results by altering activities and managing organizational assets
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