PMP Mock Test 10
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Question 1 of 200
1. Question
You have been assigned as a Project Manager of a newly initiated project and have 5 team members. There is a project sponsor (Mr. Smith) and a technical architect who will be involved only during the planning stage. This project is for an external customer. How many communication channels are possible in your project?.
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36. This is directly based on formula (n* n-1
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Question 2 of 200
2. Question
A popular tool used to monitor project performance including cost and schedule variances and ensure process operate within acceptable limit is called.
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Control Charts. Control charts, also known as Shewhart charts or process-behavior charts is a popular tool used to monitor project performance including cost and schedule variances and ensure the process operates within acceptable limits. Don’t confuse them with option (b
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Question 3 of 200
3. Question
Of the following reasons which one is the MOST COMMON reason for conflict?.
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Schedules. Though each one of you would have your own opinion based on your experience, the most widely accepted common reasons for conflict in a team are : Schedules, Priorities, Resources, Technical Beliefs, Administrative policies and procedures, project costs and Personalities (they are in order of most common to least common
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Question 4 of 200
4. Question
A project manager is concerned about team building on her project. One of the mandatory things that she must have in order to have good team building is:
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Commitment from top level management. For team building, it is essential that there is support from the top level management.
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Question 5 of 200
5. Question
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, what is included as part of the BOTTOM portion of the pyramid?.
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Safety. Maslow and other theorists might be referenced in the PMP exam and it is important to get familiar with them. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is displayed as a pyramid and displays the five levels of human need from bottom to top. These are: Physiological, Safety, Social, Esteem and Self Actualization.
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Question 6 of 200
6. Question
As a project manager of a complex and relatively new technology you have asked for an expensive training for yourself and the team from the project sponsor. Although the sponsor has agreed to your request, he asks you to start the project in the meantime. Which of the following is NOT an option for you?.
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Since you have already asked your sponsor for training, you can do nothing to enhance your skills till that time. Doing nothing is the worst option because there is always something that can be done to enhance your skills and knowledge.
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Question 7 of 200
7. Question
Your project team has completed the project work. All of the following must be done before the project can be closed EXCEPT:
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Ensure that the schedule baseline has been updated.
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Question 8 of 200
8. Question
The method of examining work or product to determine whether it conforms to documented standards is called?.
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Inspection. Inspection is the examination of work or product to determine whether it conforms to documented standards. It is also called peer reviews, reviews audits, or walkthroughs. Inspection can be done at any level in the project and can also be used to validate defect repairs)L2) Inspection. Inspection is the examination of work or product to determine whether it conforms to documented standards. It is also called peer reviews, reviews audits, or walkthroughs. Inspection can be done at any level in the project and can also be used to validate defect repairs
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Question 9 of 200
9. Question
A project manager wants to award a contract to the same supplier from his previous project without actually going through the entire procurement process. Which of the following would NOT be a valid justification?
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A preferred supplier from a previous project is less risky. Since this preferential supplier is not selected through the conduct procurement process, you would lose the value of competition. Assuming all of the other factors remain same, aggregated risks would be higher from preferential suppliers than the one selected through competitive bidding. The reason being is this seller would never be asked to prove his expertise over others for this project.)L2) A preferred supplier from a previous project is less risky. Since this preferential supplier is not selected through the conduct procurement process, you would lose the value of competition. Assuming all of the other factors remain same, aggregated risks would be higher from preferential suppliers than the one selected through competitive bidding. The reason being is this seller would never be asked to prove his expertise over others for this project.
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Question 10 of 200
10. Question
In the project environment, there are four general categories of communication: formal written, informal written, formal verbal, and informal verbal. Of the following, the one that is not an example of a formal written communication is:
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To do list written on the whiteboard. Correct Answer is A. Of all the listed options, ‘to do list written on the whiteboard’ is the least contender for formal written communication.
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Question 11 of 200
11. Question
Calculate the point of total assumption using the following data: Target cost=Rs.100,000, Target profit=Rs.20,000, Target Price =Rs.120,000, Buyer/Share ratio=70/30, Ceiling price=140,000.
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Rs. 128,571.43. Correct Answer is ‘A’. The formula PTA = [(Ceiling price – target price)/Buyer share +Target cost] = Rs. 128,571.43. The point of total assumption (PTA) is a point on the cost line of the profit-cost curve determined by the contract elements associated with a fixed price plus incentive (FPI) contract above which the seller effectively bears all of the costs of an overrun.
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Question 12 of 200
12. Question
A project manager is using a single duration estimate to calculate activity duration. Which type of mathematical analysis is he using?
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Critical Path Method (CPM). PERT uses three duration estimates namely, ‘pessimistic estimate’, ‘optimistic estimate’, and ‘most likely estimate’ whereas CPM uses only one duration estimate.
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Question 13 of 200
13. Question
Take the values from the image. In case task B is delayed by 2 days, what will be the impact on the project finish date?
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The project will get delayed by 2 days. The correct answer is ‘A’. The project will get delayed by 2 days as Task B is on the critical path.
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Question 14 of 200
14. Question
Take the values from the image. If Task ‘A’ takes 9 days to complete rather than the planned 5 days, how many days will the project take to complete?
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29 days. Correct Answer is ‘A’. The planned project finish date will be delayed by 4 day as Task ‘A’ is on the critical path.
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Question 15 of 200
15. Question
You are a project manager for your organization. Joe, a project manager in training, wants to know when the project manager needs to be assigned to a project. Your BEST answer is:
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During the Initiation stage. . Project managers are assigned during the initiation process of the project. This is the best choice as stated in Option A.
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Question 16 of 200
16. Question
Which of the following tools is used to document the lessons that were learned when the contract was administered?
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Once you’ve closed out a contract, it’s important to conduct a procurement audit.
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Question 17 of 200
17. Question
A team member is not performing well on a project because of inexperience. There is nobody else better qualified to do the job. As a project manager, what should you do?
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Arrange training for the team member. Remember, the question asked for the best option among the existing options.
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Question 18 of 200
18. Question
As a project manager, you have a problem with a team member’s performance. Which is the best way of communicating this problem with the team member?
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Informal Verbal. If this does not solve the problem then you should go for formal written communication. In order to find out more about various ways of project communication, you may refer to Lesson 10 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 19 of 200
19. Question
Which of the following is a hygiene factor as per Hertzberg’s Motivation Theory?
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Good relations with co-workers and managers. Understanding what motivates a team member is important because few people get motivated with just money or challenging assignments. You are expected to know about Hertzberg’s Motivation Theory. Hertzberg found that the factors causing job satisfaction (and presumably motivation) were different from those causing job dissatisfaction. He developed the motivation hygiene theory to explain these results. He called the satisfiers motivators and the dissatisfiers hygiene factors using the term ‘hygiene’ in the sense that they are considered maintenance factors that are necessary to avoid dissatisfaction, but that by themselves do not provide satisfaction.
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Question 20 of 200
20. Question
You have supplied software code to one of the manufacturers and the manufacturer has paid for your code. However, one of your testers informs you that there is a potential problem with the code which was not identified at the time the software was supplied. It has the potential to be a problem to the manufacturer. Also, the tester informs you that the chances of this problem occurring are very slim. What should be done in such a case?
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Inform the manufacturer about the potential problem and supply him with the new version of the software. It’s unethical to not let the customer know about a known problem.
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Question 21 of 200
21. Question
Which of the following is not a way of avoiding conflict?
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Asking two members to work on the same activity. Assigning overlapping responsibilities is a sure reason of conflict. One of the good ways to avoid conflict is to ensure that such things are avoided as much as possible. In order to know more about conflict resolution, you may like to go through Lesson number 9 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course
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Question 22 of 200
22. Question
You are developing the project charter for the new project assigned to you. Which of the following is NOT part of the enterprise environmental factors?
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Lessons learned from previous projects. Lessons learned are part of the organizational process assets.
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Question 23 of 200
23. Question
Harry has been assigned the flyover construction project and he is in the process of initiating the project. In order to meet the customer’s project expectations, based on the business and compliance requirements, which of the following should Harry define FIRST?
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High level scope of the project. According to PMI’s classification, the project manager should define the high-level scope of the project based on the business and compliance requirements in order to meet the customer’s project expectations.
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Question 24 of 200
24. Question
As a project manager you are estimating the duration of your project activities using PERT technique (Program Evaluation and Review technique). For a particular project activity, your optimistic estimate is 41 days, pessimistic estimate is 89 days and most Likely estimate is 60 days. What would be the expected duration and range of the estimate for this activity?
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61.67 +/- 8.00 PERT allows the estimator to include three estimates: optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely, given by the equation: Expected Duration = [P + 4(ML) + O]/6 and range is +/- standard deviation = (P-O)/6, where P is the pessimistic estimate, ML is the most likely estimate, and O is the optimistic estimate. Using this method the correct answers comes out to be 61.67 days and Range (+/-Standard Deviation) as 8.00
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Question 25 of 200
25. Question
You are managing a project with project teams in different geographical locations. There are approximately 25 team members in 3 different locations each being led by a team lead. Additionally, there are 3 members from a supporting group that are working part- time on the project. How many communication channels are possible in your project?
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496 This is directly based on the formula (n* n-1 )/2 . If n is the number of stakeholders in the project, the total possible communication channels = (n* n-1 )/2 . The project has 25 team members, 3 team leads, 3 support team members, and the project manager. That makes it 32 people and 496 possible communication channels. Please Refer PMBOK 5th edition Project Communications Management PN 292.
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Question 26 of 200
26. Question
A technique for performing root cause analysis is called:
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Ishikawa diagrams or fish-bone diagrams are used to perform root cause analysis
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Question 27 of 200
27. Question
The project manager is working to clearly describe the level of involvement expected from everyone on the project in order to prevent rework, conflict, and coordination problems. Which of the following best describes the project manager’s efforts?
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Notice that this question uses the words “working to clearly describe” and ‘prevent” Taken together, they should tell you the project is in project planning. This eliminates all choices except Develop Project Management Plan and Plan Quality Management. Coordination and conflict prevention relate to Develop Project Management Plan, and preventing rework is part of Plan Quality Management.
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Question 28 of 200
28. Question
Testing the entire population would:
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The length of time it takes to test a whole population is one of the reasons to take a sample.
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Question 29 of 200
29. Question
The cost performance index (CPI) of a project is 0.6 and the schedule performance index(SPI) is 0.71. The project has 625 work packages and is being completed over a four-year period. The team members are very inexperienced and the project received little support for proper planning. Which of the following is the best thing to do?
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This project has deviated so far from the baseline that updated risk identification and risk analysis should be performed.
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Question 30 of 200
30. Question
Which of the following is an advantage of centralized contracting?
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Centralized contracting usually means it is more difficult to get access to the procurement manager, and the procurement manager has less loyalty to the project. The fact that the procurement manager has no home when he or she is not working on a project is a disadvantage of decentralized contracting. Increased expertise of the procurement manager is an advantage of centralized contracting.
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Question 31 of 200
31. Question
A project manager gathered data to perform earned value calculations on his project. He used the results to report to management that the project is under budget and on schedule. After reporting this information, he discovered the base figures he used in the calculations were incorrect, as they came from an old copy of the project file that had not been updated. What should he do now?
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Although things may be gloomy, this is not a new development, since the report was based on old data. It is unethical for the project manager not to admit his mistake, or to blame someone else for his error. The ethical thing to do is to acknowledge and take responsibility for the error.
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Question 32 of 200
32. Question
A project has a tight budget when you begin negotiating with a seller for a piece of equipment. The seller has told you the equipment price is fixed. Your manager has told you to negotiate the cost with the seller. What is your best course of action?
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There is always a way to decrease costs on the project. The best choice is to attempt to find a way to decrease the cost.
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Question 33 of 200
33. Question
Your project has a virtual team. Half of your team members are located in another country, where they are working for a subcontractor. You want to promote the top performing foreign team member to a leadership position, but you are told by the other team members that women are not allowed to hold positions of authority. When you bring it up with their manager, you are informed that it is the subcontractor’s policy not to promote women, and that in their country, it is culturally considered offensive for a man to take orders from a woman. What is the BEST way to respond to this situation?
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Inform the subcontractor that they must adopt a non-discriminatory policy or you will be forced to terminate the contract and find a subcontractor that does not discriminate against women
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Question 34 of 200
34. Question
You are currently performing the select sellers process. You are considering two bids from companies on your qualified sellers list. Your project is on a tight budget, and you have been instructed by senior management to consider the cost over any other criteria. You used the company that submitted the lower bid on a previous project, and you were not happy with their work. The company that submitted the higher bid has a reputation for treating their clients well, flying project managers first class and giving them accommodations in five-star hotels. What is the best way to handle this situation?
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Select the company with the lowest bid.
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Question 35 of 200
35. Question
You are developing the project scope statement for a new project. Which of the following is not part of creating a project scope statement?
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Scope verification
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Question 36 of 200
36. Question
When you look at a control chart that measures defects in the product produced by your project, you find that seven values are showing up below the mean on the chart. What should you do?
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Look into the process that is being measured. There’s probably a problem there.
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Question 37 of 200
37. Question
Which of the following types of power is the most effective in leading teams?
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Expert
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Question 38 of 200
38. Question
Which of the following project selection methods is NOT a comparative approach (or benefit measurement model)?
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Linear Programming
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Question 39 of 200
39. Question
A project manager on a construction project includes a line item in the budget for insurance for the equipment and ob site. This is an example of:
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Transference
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Question 40 of 200
40. Question
Which of the following is NOT an output of Monitor & control project work?
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Approved changes
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Question 41 of 200
41. Question
Approved changes are implemented in which process?
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Direct and control project work
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Question 42 of 200
42. Question
Which of the following best describes why one would use a resource histogramversus a responsibility assignment matrix?
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Unlike the responsibility assignment matrix, a resource histogramshowswhen people will do their jobs
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Question 43 of 200
43. Question
You are in process of identifying and documenting project risks. You are using various informationgathering techniques to identify the project risks. All of the following are information gatheringtechniques EXCEPT:
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Diagramming techniques
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Question 44 of 200
44. Question
The Quality Management Plan provides input to __________________ and includes quality control, quality assurance, and continuous process improvement approaches for the project:
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The overall project management plan
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Question 45 of 200
45. Question
All of following are types of strategies that one can use to deal with negative risk/threats EXCEPT:
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. Exploit
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Question 46 of 200
46. Question
Risk Management Plan may typically include:
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Budgeting, Timing, Thresholds, Methodology
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Question 47 of 200
47. Question
Which of the following techniques to estimate cost is the least expensive?
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Top-down Estimating
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Question 48 of 200
48. Question
You are the project manager of a manufacturing firm that produces machine parts required in automobiles. While doing a review, you discover some design requirements that had earlier been missed. What should you do?
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Communicate to your team that they should incorporate the requirement, and do an analysis to figure out the potential impact
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Question 49 of 200
49. Question
In a project management context, which of the following is a Destructive Roles :
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Withdrawer
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Question 50 of 200
50. Question
You are working as a Project Manager in an organization where your responsibility is to coordinate activities, but decisions are primarily made by Management. The organization structure you are working in is:
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Weak Matrix
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Question 51 of 200
51. Question
All the following statements related to Progressive Elaboration of projects are true except:
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.Scope of the project can change when product characteristics are progressively elaborated, and project manager must plan for such scope changes
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Question 52 of 200
52. Question
In your project, you did extensive risk planning to ensure that all issues were taken care of. But, some technical problems related to networking problems have recently emerged aspotential risks which could delay your project substantially. You had not anticipated this in your risk response plan. What should you do?
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Do additional risk response planning
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Question 53 of 200
53. Question
You are the project manager in a Matrix organization. So, all your team members report to you and the functional manager of their respective departments. Managing this dual relationship is always a challenge and should generally be the responsibility of :
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Project Manager
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Question 54 of 200
54. Question
You are a project manager of a software project which is in a critical phase of testing and bug fixing. An enthusiastic test engineer working on the project comes and tells you that he found a major bug last night during testing. But, there is nothing to worry about because he has ‘patched’ the code and it is working fine now. What should be your primary concern with this incident?
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It can be a case of scope creep and all prior documents need to be changed. Scope creep is essentially uncontrolled changes in the defined scope which have not gone through Perform Integrated Change Control Process. It is important that any change in functionality or even a bug fix should be informed to project manager and its impact considered on other projects constraints including schedule, cost and quality. Option (d
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Question 55 of 200
55. Question
A step-by-step instruction guide on how to complete work or procedure is called?.
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Work Instruction. Work instructions are step-by-step instructions for the accomplishment of a task by one person and are retained in the department or unit where the work is performed. Work instructions are often referred to as desk procedures, task outlines or standard operating procedure (SOPs
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Question 56 of 200
56. Question
As a project manager you have created a Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) for your project. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)?
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It is used for estimating Resource Utilization. Resource Calendars and not RBS are used for Resource Utilization. Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS
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Question 57 of 200
57. Question
You are a project manager who has sent a formal document that describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow perspective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the product and detail methodology and results that will be provided to the buyer. This is called:
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Request for Proposal . A request for proposal (referred to as an RFP
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Question 58 of 200
58. Question
As a part of ‘Manage Communications’ in Communication Management which of the following analysis or information would be most relevant to a sponsor or senior management of the project?.
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Earned Value management. This methodology integrates scope, schedule and resources for objectively measuring project performance and progress and would be the most useful information for sponsors and seniors management. Option (a
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Question 59 of 200
59. Question
A project manager defines a personal plan for his career and professional development every year. As a part of this plan, he goes through his project experiences and lessons learned, and determines the training he needs to help him excel as a project manager and contribute to his organization. In this scenario the project manager is?.
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Enhancing his Personal Professional Competence. This is an example of project manager working on enhancing his skill(s
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Question 60 of 200
60. Question
Which of the following statements are NOT true about a 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. For example, in an automobile industry a project in conception could be to analyze the market competition and customer requirements during maturity to upgrade the model.L2) 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. For example, in an automobile industry a project in conception could be to analyze the market competition and customer requirements during maturity to upgrade the model.
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Question 61 of 200
61. Question
The process of predicting future performance based on the current performance is called ?.
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Trend Analysis. In project management, trend analysis refers to a mathematical technique that uses historical results to predict future outcomes. The term ‘trend analysis’ refers to the concept of collecting information and attempting to spot a pattern in the information. It is extensively used as a forecasting technique. This can be used in tracking variances in cost and schedule performance.)L2) Trend Analysis. In project management, trend analysis refers to a mathematical technique that uses historical results to predict future outcomes. The term ‘trend analysis’ refers to the concept of collecting information and attempting to spot a pattern in the information. It is extensively used as a forecasting technique. This can be used in tracking variances in cost and schedule performance.
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Question 62 of 200
62. Question
Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a configuration management system?.
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Ensure all the relevant changes are communicated to the stakeholders. This is a part of communication management. All of the other options (a) (c) and (d)L2) Ensure all the relevant changes are communicated to the stakeholders. This is a part of communication management. All of the other options (a) (c) and (d) are completed as part of Configuration Management System. Refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Integration Management PN 96.
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Question 63 of 200
63. Question
A project team is in the process of creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the project deliverables, as well as defining activities to be performed to produce the deliverables. What is a common technique they can use for this purpose?
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Decomposition. Decomposition is a common technique used to create WBS and define activities processes. The activity list (an output of the define activities process) can be developed either sequentially or concurrently with the WBS and the WBS dictionary (an output of the create WBS process) as the basis for the development of the final activity list. Option (a)L2) and (d) are tools for other processes in project time management. For more information, please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Time Management PN 128.) Decomposition. Decomposition is a common technique used to create WBS and define activities processes. The activity list (an output of the define activities process) can be developed either sequentially or concurrently with the WBS and the WBS dictionary (an output of the create WBS process) as the basis for the development of the final activity list. Option (a) rolling wave planning is used exclusively for the define activities process and option (c) and (d) are tools for other processes in project time management. For more information, please refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Time Management PN 128.
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Question 64 of 200
64. Question
The project manager could not get an approval for his project’s charter. His boss has instructed that the project begin immediately or the project deadlines will not be achieved. Which of the following should the project manager to do?
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Push to get the charter signed. The project charter should be approved as it involves approval for finances, resources, and timelines which should be available to the project manager to avoid any discrepancies in the project deliverables
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Question 65 of 200
65. Question
As a project manager, you need to manage the stakeholders for your project. What is not true for stakeholders?
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Individuals and organizations that are not related to the project are stakeholders. Stakeholders are individuals or organizations that are involved in or affected by the project outcome.
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Question 66 of 200
66. Question
For the company review meeting, you have to prepare graphical charts to show the project performance trends. Which of the following two charts will help you to do that?
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Control chart and run chart. Correct Answer is ‘B’. Since the trend of the project performance has to be presented to the management, the ideal charts will be the control chart and run chart. The control chart maps the trend or run of the processes on one side of the mean. The run chart is a line graph that shows data points plotted in the order in which they occur and show trends in a process over time, variation over time or declines, or improvements in a process over time. Pareto diagrams will not be the ideal choice because they are specific types of histograms which are ordered by frequency and related to Pareto’s Law. This holds that a relatively smaller number of causes will typically produce a majority of the problems or defects.
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Question 67 of 200
67. Question
Which of the following is not an appropriate reason to provide additional training to the members of your project team?
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The feedback about your team members from other project managers. Correct Answer is B. The feedback provided to you by other project managers about your team members will not provide you the information about the gaps in the team’s skillsets and the work allocated to them. Hence, it is not an appropriate reason to provide team members with additional training based on feedback from other project managers.
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Question 68 of 200
68. Question
You are the project manager for an international project which has more than 45 key stakeholders. Management has asked you to ensure that the project’s completion cost no more than $34 million. You are identifying the key constraints of this globally important project. Which one of them will you identify?
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Budget constraint. Correct Answer is ‘B’. This is an international project but that’s not a constraint. Management constraint (option C) is not a used terminology in PMBOK. Hard logic (option D) is used in for defining dependencies.
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Question 69 of 200
69. Question
A project has 10 team members spread across 4 different countries. How many channels of communication exists?
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45. The formula to calculate the number of channels is (n*(n-1)/2) where n stands for the number of team members on the project.
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Question 70 of 200
70. Question
How is a project lifecycle different from a product lifecycle ?
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Project lifecycle is different for different Industries. Choice C is just the opposite, i.e. a product lifecycle sees many projects through its lifecycle, not the other way round. Choice D is also wrong. A project management plan has various project activities.
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Question 71 of 200
71. Question
Joshua is the project manager of a new telecom project. Soon after the project started, he realized that his team has not estimated enough for R and D on the project. Joshua prepared a change request to add the extra work in the project scope statement and updated the project schedule to reflect the change. The change request gets approved by the change control board. What should be his next step?
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Update the Scope and Schedule baselines to reflect the approved changes. Although the plan is approved by the change control board, the first thing you should do is update the scope and schedule baseline.
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Question 72 of 200
72. Question
The project scope baseline consists of the following:
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The scope statement, the WBS, and the WBS dictionary. Please refer to Lesson number 5 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course for details.
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Question 73 of 200
73. Question
Out of the following, who is not a QUALITY guru, i.e. one who has stated a theory on quality?
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The correct name is Philip B. Crosby
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Question 74 of 200
74. Question
As a project manager you are worried about continuous bad performance of one of your team members. You have spoken to him over coffee, but there seems to be no improvement. What is the MOST suitable way to communicate your dissatisfaction?
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Formal Written. This is the second notice to the team member for poor performance and it should be communicated in a formal written manner.
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Question 75 of 200
75. Question
The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The next thing to do is to:
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Communications requirements and quality standards are needed before risks (especially risks relating to communications and quality) can be determined. Iterations cannot begin until the risks are identified, qualified and quantified, and responses are developed. Through iterations, the WBS and other parts of the project management plan are revised. A bar chart would have been done during the creation of the schedule, so it cannot be the next thing. Of the choices listed, determine communications requirements is the best option.
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Question 76 of 200
76. Question
A team member notifies the project manager that the activities comprising a work package are no longer appropriate. It would be best for the project manager to be in what part of the project management process?
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If you chose another part of the project management process, you probably forgot that the situation needs to be evaluated by the project manager before recommending a change or beginning integrated change control.
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Question 77 of 200
77. Question
During which part of the project management process is the project scope statement created?
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The project scope statement is an output of the Define Scope process, which occurs during project planning.
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Question 78 of 200
78. Question
Cost performance measurement is best done through which of the following?
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Asking percent complete is not a best practice since it is usually a guess. Often the easiest work is done first on a project, throwing off any percentage calculations of work remaining. The life cycle cost cannot be lower than the project cost, as the life cycle cost includes the project cost. Focusing on the amount spent last month and what will be spent in the next month is often done by inexperienced project managers. Not only does this provide little information, but the data cannot be used to predict the future. Using earned value and other calculations is the best answer since this choice looks at the past and uses that information to estimate future costs.
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Question 79 of 200
79. Question
Work on project is ongoing when the project manager overhears two worker arguing over what a set of instructions means. The project manager investigates and discovers that the instructions for the construction of the concrete footing currently being poured were poorly translated between the different languages in use on the project. Which of the following is the best thing for the project manager to do first.?
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Although all of these choices are correct things to do, the question asks what to do first. What is the most immediate problem? Getting the instructions translated by a more experienced party could be done, but it does not address the immediate concern of the footings that have already been poured according to the poorly translated instructions. Asking the team to look for other translation issues is an excellent idea. However, it does not address the immediate problem. Informing the sponsor is also not taking action to solve the problem. Isn’t it most urgent to find out whether the concrete footings meet your project requirements? Are they adequate? Only the option of looking for quality impacts of the poor translation will help you determine that.
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Question 80 of 200
80. Question
During project planning in a matrix organization, the project manager determines that additional human resources are needed. From whom would she request these resources?
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In a matrix organization, power is shared between the functional manager and the project manager, so the project manager needs to negotiate with the functional manager for the resources.
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Question 81 of 200
81. Question
Communication is key to the success of a project. As the project manager, you had three stakeholder with whom you needed to communicate. Therefore, you had six channels of communication. A new stakeholder has been added with whom you also need to communicate. How many communication channels do you have now?
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Did you realize the project manager is part of the communication channels? Therefore, there are actually four stakeholders to begin with and six channels of communication. The question is asking how many total channels of communication you have with a team of five people. The formula is [N x (N-1)]12 or (5 x 4)12 = 10.
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Question 82 of 200
82. Question
Most of the risks will be identified during which risk management processes?
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This is a tricky question. Although risks can be identified at any time throughout the project, most risks are identified during the Identify Risks process. Newly emerging risks are identified in the Control Risks process.
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Question 83 of 200
83. Question
During the identify risks process, a project manager and stakeholders used various methods to identify risks and then created a long list of those risks. The project manager then made sure all the risks were understood and that triggers had been identified. Later, in the plan risk responses process, he took all the risks identified by the stakeholders and determined ways to mitigate them. What has he done wrong?
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Stakeholders should be included in the Identify Risks process. Some triggers may be identified in the Identify Risks process, but they are generally identified and added to the risk register in the Plan Risk Responses process. Workarounds are created as unidentified risk events occur. The project manager’s error was not including others in the Plan Risk Responses process. Plan Risk Responses must include the involvement of all risk owners and possibly other stakeholders.
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Question 84 of 200
84. Question
You are halfway through a major network rollout. There are 300 locations in the United States with another 20 in England. A software seller has just released a major software upgrade for some of the equipment being installed. The upgrade would provide the customer with functionality they requested, which was not available at the time the project began. What is the best course of action under these circumstances?
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Professional and social responsibility includes looking after the customer’s best interests. Therefore, ignoring the newly available upgrade cannot be best. In this case, the schedule and scope are already approved and all changes must go through the integrated change control process. Therefore, implementing the change on any of the sites without following the process is not acceptable. The best option is to inform the customer of the available upgrade and the impacts to the project’s timeline and functionality if the upgrade is implemented.
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Question 85 of 200
85. Question
You are a project manager on a construction project. You have just prepared an RFP to send around to electrical contractors. You get a call from your uncle who owns and electrical contracting company. He wants to bid on your project. You know he’s done good work before, and it may be a good fit for your company. How do you proceed?
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You disclose the conflict of interest to your company, and make the selection based on objective criteria
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Question 86 of 200
86. Question
You’re managing a construction project to install several hundred air conditioner panel is a new office building. Every floor has identical panels. The customer, a contracting 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 a data point to a control chart. You examine the control chart and discover that the process is out of control. Which of the following BEST describes what you found on the control chart?
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At least one points is outside of the control limits
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Question 87 of 200
87. Question
Your are managing a large construction project that’s been broken down into sub-projects (or phases). Each of these sub-projects is scheduled to take between three and six months to complete. At the end of each sub-project, you plan to go through the closing processes and document lessons learned. Which of the following BEST describes what to you must do at the beginning of each sub-project or phase?
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Develop the preliminary scope statement for the phase
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Question 88 of 200
88. Question
All of the following statements regarding bidder conferences are true EXCEPT:
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Bidder conferences are meeting with prospective seller after opening of bid
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Question 89 of 200
89. Question
Which of the following are NOT outputs of the Distribute information process?
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Project presentations
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Question 90 of 200
90. Question
You are the project manager for a construction company. You are currently estimating how long it will take to perform the electrical wiring of the building. You estimate that there are about 5,000 meters of wiring required. You also estimate that your project team can wire 20 meters/hour. Hence you estimate that wiring will take approximately 250 hours. Which of the following estimating techniques did you apply in your analysis?
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. Parametric estimating
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Question 91 of 200
91. Question
Modern Quality Management means:
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Conformance to requirements and fitness for use
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Question 92 of 200
92. Question
A Work Breakdown Structure can be used for all the following except:
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Creating a network diagram, with task dependencies
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Question 93 of 200
93. Question
To get summary information about the project, you should use :
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Progress Reporting
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Question 94 of 200
94. Question
You have taken information on project scope and resources and then developed durations for input to schedules. Since there was very limited information about the project, you used actual duration of a previous, similar activity as the basis for estimating future activity. What will be a next step after this activity:
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Calculating theoretical Early and Late Start and Finish dates for all project activities
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Question 95 of 200
95. Question
All the following statements about IRR (Internal Rate of Return) and NPV (NetPresent Value) are correct EXCEPT:
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The prevailing market rate is used for Net Present Value Calculations
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Question 96 of 200
96. Question
As a project manager, you understand the importance of socio-economical influences on your organization. Some categories of socio-economic influences which you should be aware of include all the following EXCEPT:
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Organization Structure
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Question 97 of 200
97. Question
You did proper risk management to systematically identify, analyze and discuss response strategy to minimize probability and consequences of adverse events to the project objectives. But there were minor risks for which you created a small contingency budget. These minor risks are examples of:
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Residual Risks
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Question 98 of 200
98. Question
Which of the following can NOT be considered as an indicator of a team’s effectiveness?.
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Increased staff turnover rate. All the other options except (c
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Question 99 of 200
99. Question
You are a project manager for an infrastructure development project and the project is to build a multi-story building. You have submitted your project estimates for cost and duration to the client. You also inform the buyer that the estimates would be true provided there is already an 8ft foundation built on the site. This statement describes a/an ———– in your project?
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Assumption. This is an assumption you have made about usability of existing foundation to derive the project estimates. An assumption by definition is a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. There may be external circumstances or events that must occur for the project to be successful which are categorized under project assumptions. This is not a risk as there is no element of uncertainty involved. (Option a
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Question 100 of 200
100. Question
A project manager working in a matrix project environment feels there is some discontent in the team members related to their dual reporting and the role of the project manager on the project. The project manager wants to communicate with the team to clarify their doubts
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Face-to-face meeting. A face-to-face meeting is ideal for project communication. It would give the project manager an avenue to understand the reasons for discontent and clarify their doubts. Face-to-face meetings have an added advantage of being accompanied with non- verbal (e.g. body movements and physical mannerisms) and Para lingual (e.g. pitch and tone of voice) which are important for effective communication.)L2) Face-to-face meeting. A face-to-face meeting is ideal for project communication. It would give the project manager an avenue to understand the reasons for discontent and clarify their doubts. Face-to-face meetings have an added advantage of being accompanied with non- verbal (e.g. body movements and physical mannerisms) and Para lingual (e.g. pitch and tone of voice) which are important for effective communication.
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Question 101 of 200
101. Question
Which of the following is NOT an output of the ‘Manage Stakeholder Engagement’ process?.
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Stakeholder Management Plan. Stakeholder management plan is an INPUT not an OUTPUT to this process. All others are outputs of the manage stakeholder engagements process.)L2) Stakeholder Management Plan. Stakeholder management plan is an INPUT not an OUTPUT to this process. All others are outputs of the manage stakeholder engagements process.
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Question 102 of 200
102. Question
A key stakeholder from the quality department wants to know more on how the process tailoring was done by the project team on the project. Additionally, he would like to know the rationale for selecting the processes, their implementation level details, and how they will be used to manage the interdependencies
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Project Management Plan. The results of process tailoring by project team are captured in the project management plan, along with all of the other required information.)L2) Project Management Plan. The results of process tailoring by project team are captured in the project management plan, along with all of the other required information.
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Question 103 of 200
103. Question
The supplier to your project is refused access by the security staff of your company to certain locations that are required for executing the assignment. As a project manager you should:
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It is your responsibility to make sure that the supplier has all the facilities and accesses needed to get the work done
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Question 104 of 200
104. Question
Validate scope is the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables. When should this process be done?
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At the end of each phase of the project. Correct Answer is C. Validate scope is a monitoring and controlling process which is performed at the end of each phase of the project to achieve the formal acceptance of the completed project deliverables.
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Question 105 of 200
105. Question
You are managing a project in which your team members are uncertain as to how much time will be needed for each activity. Which of the following techniques is considered most useful in this case?
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Project Evaluation and Review Technique. Correct Answer is ‘C’. PERT is the technique used for time measurement in case of uncertainties. Optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely are taken into consideration.
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Question 106 of 200
106. Question
Your project involves the construction of a flyover that is estimated to cost $1.5 Million. It has to be completed in 2.5 years. The project involves a new technology, on which neither the project resources nor you have worked in the past. As a project manager, you have done your best to estimate the project but some of the activities based on the new technology have shown negative slack during the execution process. If you do not complete these activities on time, the project finish date will get delayed. The sponsor informs you that the deadline has to be met, even though the project cost may be overrun. Out of the following, which will not assist you in achieving your deadline?
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You define more Finish-to-Start dependencies. Correct Answer is ‘C’. Defining more finish-to-start dependencies implies introducing more serial dependencies. This will not assist you in achieving your project deadline. All the other options will help you to achieve the deadline by crashing (option A) or fast tracking (Option B) or reducing the scope (d)
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Question 107 of 200
107. Question
Risks can be divided into two basic types: business risk and pure (or insurable risk). Of the following, which one falls under business risk?
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Profit Loss. Correct Answer is ‘C’. Profit loss is always considered a business risk.
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Question 108 of 200
108. Question
The calculation of pricing for a project can be extremely complex in regards to valid cost estimates and price quotes from vendors. The tool that facilitates the pricing of a project by a structured decomposition of the total effort into individual activities and by defining cost elements of labor, material, and equipment is?
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WBS. Correct Answer is C. WBS (work breakdown structure) uses the decomposition tool to have the activities identified which in turn identifies the resources needed.
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Question 109 of 200
109. Question
Which are the four components of the Kano model that are used in prioritizing the agile project requirements?
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Must haves, dissatisfiers, satisfiers, and delighters. This a dummy question. You can see such questions in the PMI exam whose terminology is known or similar to PMBOK, but are included on the PMI exam to judge the difficulty level
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Question 110 of 200
110. Question
You are using a large number of subcontractors on your project. One fine day when you inspect the attendance register, you noticed a lot of irregularities in time in and time out of these subcontractors. Your project is within cost and time budgets plus your team leads claim that such irregularities would not impact the project. However, you see this as a potential risk. Where do you record this?
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Watch list. Potential problems which have not yet become a risk on the project are listed on the watch list. This watch list is regularly monitored to ensure that if any of the listed issues become risks, they are handled following the project risk management processes.
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Question 111 of 200
111. Question
Which of the following is not true about a contract?
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Changes to a contract can be done by the buyer without consulting the seller. The first three options are key characteristics of the contract. Once a contract is signed, any changes to be made in the contract must be agreed upon between the buyer and the seller in writing, so that it can be legally binding
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Question 112 of 200
112. Question
In one of your projects, a team member informs you that he works on user interface development which is a very creative activity and he is not in a position to estimate the time required to complete the creative activities assigned to him. However, as a Project Manager, you need the activities’ estimates. You decide to estimate the effort using project data that the team member had previously submitted in terms of the number of hours spent by him and the number of user interfaces designed by him in those man hours. Which estimation technique are you using?
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Parametric Estimation. Parametric estimation is the technique of using some parameters to estimate. In this case, the project manager is using the parameter of the number of Interface produced per hour to do the estimation. In order to know more about other project estimation techniques like analogous estimation, please refer to Lesson no. 6 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 113 of 200
113. Question
A project manager has received activity duration estimates from his team. Which of the following does he need in order to complete the schedule development?
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Reserves . Refer to your \’develop schedule\’ process. Once the team members give their estimate, a good project manager should add some extra estimate to it (also called Reserves). This is also called padding the estimate. Should you need more clarification on this, refer to Lesson no. 6 (Project Time Management) of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 114 of 200
114. Question
Kathy is a project expeditor and has recently been promoted to project manager. Currently, she is undergoing training in project management and wants to understand how a performance appraisal is different from a team performance assessment. What would you tell her?
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Performance appraisal focuses on team member performance while a team performance assessment is an evaluation of a team’s effectiveness based on indicators such as improvements in skills that allow individuals to perform assignments more effectively, improvements in competencies that help the team perform better as a team, and reduced staff turnover rate.
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Question 115 of 200
115. Question
If Earned Value (EV) is $550, Actual Cost is $650, and Planned Value is $600, what is the Cost Variance (CV) ?
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-100. Apply the formula (CV=EV-AC) to get the answer. Also note that planned value is also provided in this question which is not used in solving this problem. This was just to confuse you. For more information on the earned value technique, please refer to Lesson number 7 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 116 of 200
116. Question
One of your team members comes to you and proposes a change in the project that can reduce the project schedule by 3 months. As a project manager, what should you do?
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Analyze the impact of the change on the other triple constraints. You should not go ahead and implement a suggestion just because the schedule is reduced by 3 months. The best thing to do in such scenarios is to analyze the impact on the other triple constraints. It’s quite possible that the cost may increase.
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Question 117 of 200
117. Question
You are the project manager of a new complex software development project. Your team is facing major issues on the software design. One of your team members says that her friend, who is working in another company, uses a third party software for designing similar projects and the software helped them to reduce their project timeline by at least 20%. You are running short of time and want to do everything you can to get the project back on track; however, your project does not have the budget to buy any third party software. Your team member says he can get a copy of the software from her friend and use it on the project. As a project manager, what would you do?
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Inform the team member about copyright policies and strictly tell her that project can’t use unlicensed software. As a certified project manager, you are supposed to respect copyright laws and should not use unlicensed copies even if the project gets delayed.
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Question 118 of 200
118. Question
Of the following, which is not an input to ‘develop project charter’?
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The question quizzes you on which of the listed options is NOT an input; clearly ‘expert judgment’ is a tool and technique. It is not an input.
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Question 119 of 200
119. Question
A project manager has made the final delivery to the customer and the team is in the process of completing administrative and contract closure. The team has also completed the final version of the lessons learned in corporate database. Which of the following is a critical activity that the project manager should complete before formally closing the project?
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Obtain formal sign-off of the project from the customer. The most important part of project closure is to get formal sign-off from the customer. As it indicates, the customer considers the project completed and accepts the completed project. Formal sign-off in a contracting situation constitutes legal acceptance.
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Question 120 of 200
120. Question
A team is complaining that every quality audit invariable audits their module, but other modules are not audited at the same frequency. What is the best explanation that can be provided?
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The logic for selecting modules for audit should be outlined in the quality management plan and should be followed.
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Question 121 of 200
121. Question
An activity cannot be started until the predecessor also starts. This is an example of:
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This is an example of a start-to-start dependency
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Question 122 of 200
122. Question
As a project manager you have a large team reporting to you with two members working on this technology for the first time. At the beginning of the project, you were concerned that the members wouldn’t be able to contribute as much due to technical complexity of the project. However, you spent time and gave them the required training in order to perform. During your assessment, you find some areas which still require improvement. What should you do next ?
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Assess their current weak areas and provide more focused training with regular feedback. Don’t forget that the role of a project manager is also that of a leader. The question seems to suggest that improvement in the team’s performance would give much better results. Option (a) would have been good if the project manager would have suggested the members move to a project which matches their skill set. Since this is not the case, the best option is choice (c)
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Question 123 of 200
123. Question
You are managing a critical project with frequent changes in requirements. You are in the testing phase of the project and the customer has requested an additional new feature. You have assessed the impact of the change on the triple constraints with your team. What should be your NEXT step?
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Analyze the impact of the change on project quality objectives and quality planning. It is important to analyze the impact of change on not only the triple constraints, but also on quality. The project manager needs to determine whether the quality objectives and quality planning needs to be modified to address the changes. Option (b) is already addressed as part of assessing the impact on the triple constraints.
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Question 124 of 200
124. Question
One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities between projects in a company?
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Because the question talks about priorities between projects, this cannot be the role of the project manager, the project management team, or the project team. Determining priorities between projects is a role of the PMO.
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Question 125 of 200
125. Question
Which of the following is the most appropriate thing to do in project closing?
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Collecting historical information and determining high-level acceptance criteria are done in project initiating. Gaining approval of management plans is part of project planning. Confirming that project requirements have been met occurs in project closing.
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Question 126 of 200
126. Question
Effective project integration usually requires an emphasis on:
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This question is asking for the most important of the choices. Think about what is involved in integration: project management plan development, project management plan execution, and integrated change control. Updates and product control are parts of project monitoring and controlling, while integration includes more than control. Advancing the careers of team members falls under project executing (the Develop Project Team process). In order to integrate the project components into a cohesive whole, communication is key whenever one activity will interface with another or one team member will interface with another, and when any other form of interfacing will occur.
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Question 127 of 200
127. Question
The client demands changes to the product specification that will add only two weeks to the critical path. Which of the following is the best thing for the project manager to do?
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Do you remember what to do when there is a change? Evaluate first. You wouldn’t take action before getting approval, so compressing the schedule or cutting scope would happen after consulting the sponsor and/or advising the client of the impact of the change. You would not go to the customer before going to your internal management, so advising the client is not the correct thing to do next. The next step is to discuss options with the sponsor.
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Question 128 of 200
128. Question
A project manager is trying to convince management to use more formal project management procedures and has decided to start improving the company’s project management by obtaining a project charter for each of his projects. Which of the following best describes why a project charter would help the project manager?
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The exam will ask questions like this to make sure you know the benefits you should be getting out of the processes and tools of project management. The details of what needs to be done are found in the WBS dictionary. The names of team members are included in the responsibility assignment matrix and other documents. Project history is found in the lessons learned and other historical records. A major benefit of a project charter is that it documents the authority given to the project manager.
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Question 129 of 200
129. Question
A project manager may use_____to make sure the team members clearly know what work is included in each of their work packages.
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The project scope statement describes work on a high-level basis. Work packages need to be specific to enable team members to complete their work without gold plating. The product scope does not tell team members what work is assigned to them. The team should have a copy of the schedule, but a schedule does not show them what work is included in each of their work packages. Work packages are described in the WBS dictionary. NOTE: Do not think of the WBS dictionary as a dictionary of terms.
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Question 130 of 200
130. Question
The cost performance index(CPI) on the project is 1.13 and the benefit cost ratio is 1:2. The project scope was created by the team and stakeholders. Requirements on the project have been changing throughout the project. No matter what the project manager has tried to accomplish in managing the project, which of the following is he most likely to face in the future?
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There are many pieces of data in this question that are distracters from the real issue. Though it is common to have to cut costs and add resources to a project, nothing in the question should lead you to think these will be required in this situation. Customers do not generally approve the project scope (what you are going to do to complete their requirements); instead, they approve the product scope (their requirements). Since requirements are used to measure the completion of the product of the project, not having complete requirements will make such measurement impossible.
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Question 131 of 200
131. Question
Your Project management plan results in a project schedule that is too long. If the project network diagram cannot change but you have extra personnel resources, what is the best thing to do?
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Leveling resources generally extends the schedule. Monte Carlo analysis does not directly address the constraints of this situation. To compress the schedule, you could either crash or fast track. However, the situation says that the network diagram cannot change. This eliminates the fast tracking option, leaving crashing the project as the best answer.
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Question 132 of 200
132. Question
Rearranging resources so that a constant number of resources is used each month is called:
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The key to this question is the phrase “constant number used each month7 Only leveling has such an effect on the schedule.
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Question 133 of 200
133. Question
The project manager is allocating overall cost estimates to individual activities to establish a baseline for measuring project performance. What process is this?
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Cost Management is too general. The estimates are already created in this situation, so the answer is not Estimate Costs. The answer is not Control Costs, because the baseline has not yet been created. The work described is the Determine Budget process.
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Question 134 of 200
134. Question
A project manager needs to analyze the project costs to find ways to decrease costs. It would be best if the project manager looks at:
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Direct costs are directly attributable to the project, and variable costs are costs that vary with the amount of work accomplished. It is best to look at decreasing these costs on the project.
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Question 135 of 200
135. Question
You are in the middle of a major new facility construction project. The structural steel is in place and the heating conduits are going into place when a senior manager informs you that he is worried the project will not meet the quality standards. What should you do in this situation?
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Assuring management that it was determined in planning that the project would meet quality standards is not productive, since it does not solve the problem. An analogous estimate looks at the past history of other projects. This would not be appropriate to determine how the current project is going. The quality management plan does not provide results. A quality assurance team could help to determine whether the team is following the correct process to satisfy the relevant quality standards.
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Question 136 of 200
136. Question
A project manager has just finished the risk response plan for a US $ 387,000 engineering project. Which of the following should he probably do next?
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This situation is occurring during project planning. Planning must be completed before moving on. Determining the risk rating of the project is done during Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, and should have already been done. Project risk reassessment occurs during Control Risks, the next step in the risk management process after Plan Risk Responses. But the question does not ask what is next in the risk management process, just what is next. Adding work packages to the WBS, as part of iterations, comes next in project planning.
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Question 137 of 200
137. Question
All of the following MUST be present to have a contract EXCEPT:
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Many people miss the fact that a contract includes a procurement statement of work. To have a contract, you must also have acceptance. One set of signatures is not enough; you must have sign-off (Le., acceptance) from both parties, not just from the buyer. The address of the seller is not required, and therefore is the exception.
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Question 138 of 200
138. Question
After much excitement and hard work, the procurement statement of work for the project is completed. Even after gaining agreement that the procurement statement of work is complete, the project manager is still unsure of whether is actually addresses all the buyer’s needs. The project manager is about to attend the bidder conference. He asks you for advice on what to do during the session. Which of the following is the best advice you can give him?
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The project manager should attend the bidder conference, although the procurement manager may lead it. Did you select negotiating scope? Sellers may ask questions about scope during the conference, but negotiations occur after the seller is selected. Allowing ample opportunity for all of the prospective sellers to ask questions is one of the many challenges of a bidder conference. They may not want to ask questions while their competitors are in the room.
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Question 139 of 200
139. Question
You are managing a construction project using a fixed price (FP) contract. The contract is structured so that your company will be paid a fee of $85,000 to complete the work. There was a $15,000 overhead cost that your company had to cover. It’s now three months into the project, and your costs have just exceeded $70,000. The project has now consumed the entire fee, and your company will now be forced to pay for all costs on the project from the point forward. What’s the BEST way to describe this situation?
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The project has reached the point of total assumption
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Question 140 of 200
140. Question
You are using a pare to chart to examine the defects that have been found during an inspection of your product. Which process are you performing?
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Perform Quality Control
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Question 141 of 200
141. Question
Which of the following describes how the various risk management processes will be implemented,monitored, and controlled throughout the project and describes the criteria that are used to establishthe risk threshold?
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Checklists
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Question 142 of 200
142. Question
Which of the following best describes the tool/ technique used to identify lessons learned during the procurement process, including the identification and examination of any problems and areas for improvement?
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Procurement audits
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Question 143 of 200
143. Question
You are the project manager within an information technology department of a large retailer. In order to allow for better real-time tracking, inventory control, and supply chain management, yourcompany is financing a project to install and deploy RFID tags on all items of merchandise. As a project manager, you’ve just completed the Conduct procurement process, and selected a vendor to perform the RFID installation and deployment. After the contract is assigned with the vendor, the account manager from the vendor calls for thank you for selecting them. As a thank-you gift, they would like to give you and your project team tickets to a free dinner convention, where the vendor will be providing a demo if their latest RFID systems. How should you respond?
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You should not accept the gift, as it may have an appearance of impropriety
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Question 144 of 200
144. Question
Which of the following statements are true regarding the projectstatement of work ?
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