PMP_QA_1000_Questions Part 07

 

 

Question 451

You are a project manager responsible for constructing a new sports arena in preparation for upcoming Olympics. Construction begins on a project over a year ago. Stakeholders of the project want a status report on the performance of the project to the date. You have obtained the following measurement:

BAC=500, ETC=200, PV=500, AC=200, EV=300, CPI=1.5

You believe the type of variances that have occurred on the project to date to be atypical. Based on the information above what will be the EAC for the project?

A. 400

B. 250

C. 300

D. 333.33

E. 200

Answer: A

Question 452

All of the following statements are true except:

A. Recommended corrective actions, recommended corrective actions, and recommended defect repairs are outputs of integrated change control process

B. None of the choices are correct

C. Recommended corrective actions, recommended corrective actions, and recommended defect repairs are inputs of integrated change control process

D. Recommended corrective actions, recommended corrective actions, and recommended defect repairs are outputs of monitor and control project work process

Answer: A

Question 453

Which of the following are true regarding project scope management?

A. Scope verification involves subdividing the major project deliverables into small more manageable components

B. None of the statements are correct

C. Scope planning involves developing a detailed project scope statement as a basis of future project decision

D. Scope definition involves creating a project scope management plan that document how the project scope will be defined and controlled

E. Scope control involves formalizing the acceptance of project deliverables

Answer: B

Question 454

Inspections are a tool of perform quality process. They may also be called?

A. Sampling 

B. monitoring

C. trend analysis

D. audit

E. walkthroughs

Answer: E, D

Question 455

You are a project manager responsible for constructing a new sports arena in preparation for upcoming Olympics. Construction begins on a project over a year ago. Stakeholders of the project want a status report on the performance of the project to the date.

Unfortunately you are afraid to tell stakeholder that project is coming in significantly behind schedule. In fact schedule delays are so severe that the rebaselining of the project is required. Which of the following statements are true?

A. Rebaselining should be a normal mode of  controlling the schedule

B. Resource leveling techniques should not be used to rebaseline the schedule

C. Historical data are preserved when you rebaseline the schedule D. Approval from all stakeholder is required prior to rebaseline the schedule

E. None of the statement are correct

Answer: E

Question 456

Which of the following statement are correct regarding managing stakeholders except:

A. Managing stakeholders increases the likelihood that the project will not veer off track due to unresolved stakeholders issue B. Tools used to manage stakeholders includes communication methods and issue logs

C. Project manager is usually responsible for stakeholder management 

D. The manage stakeholder process is the part of project executing process group

Answer: D

Question 457

You are a project manager responsible for constructing a new sports arena in preparation for upcoming Olympics. Construction begins on a project over a year ago. Stakeholders of the project want a status report on the performance of the project to the date. You have obtained the following measurement:

BAC=500, ETC=200, PV=500, AC=200, EV=300, CPI=1.5

You believe the type of variances that have occurred on the project to date to be atypical, and except these variances to continue. Based on the information above what will be the VAC for the project?

A. 333.33

B. 133.33

C. 400

D. 166.67

E. 100

Answer: D

Question 458

All of the statements are false regarding variance analysis?

A. Variance analysis involves comparing actual project to planned or expected performance

B. Variance analysis is a tool of scope analysis

C. Variance analysis is a toll of schedule control process D. Variance analysis involves examining project performance over time to determine if the performance is improving or 

deteriorating 

Answer: D

Question 459

Which of the following statements are false regarding project time management?

A. Schedule development involves estimating type and qualities of resources required to perform each schedule activity

B. Activity definition involves identifying schedule activities that are required to meet project deliverables

C. Schedule control involving changes to project schedule D. None of the choices are correct 

E. Activity sequencing involves identifying dependencies among schedule activities

Answer: A

Question 460

Which of the following risk management processes are workarounds identified?

A. Qualitative risk analysis

B. Risk identification

C. Risk response planning 

D. Qualitative risk analysis

E. Risk monitoring and control

Answer: E

Question 461

All of the following statements are true regarding ground rules except: A. Only the project manager is responsible for enforcing the ground rules 

B. Ground rules are tool of develop project team process C. Ground rules help to improve working relation ship and communication 

D. Ground rules are the list of acceptable and unacceptable behavior adopted by project team

Answer: A

Question 462

You are the project manager in the I.T department of major hospital. 

Your current project involves developing a web based interface for legacy mainframe software applications. Your current project involves a scope change. You are documenting the physical characteristics and functionality of the project, based on this scope change. Which of the following tool are using?

A. Change control board

B. Work result

C. Configuration management

D. Corrective actions 

E. Scope update

Answer: C

Question 463

You are in the process of monitoring the various project processes and their performance. Which of the following are you least concerned with during the process?

A. None of the choices are correct

B. Comparing actual project performance against project management plan

C. Assessing performance to determine whether corrective actions are necessary

D. Monitoring and implementation of approved changes

E. Providing forecast to update current schedule information Answer: A

Question 464

You are a project manager for a company that sells online music. Your project is to develop new content management system that will not only manage all users purchases and downloads but will automatically learn the users music interest to make future product recommendation. In addition your content management system must scale to support millions of current music downloads a day.

Your team has made a significant progress on the project. You are preparing the performance of the project to date and have calculated the following measurement:

PV=4000, EV=3500, AC=3000

Which of the following statement are true?

A. CV is positive number that implies that your project is under budget

B. CV is a negative number which implies that your project is over budget

C. EAC is negative number which implies that you are spending more than originally budgeted

D. EAC is a positive number that implies that you are spending more than originally budgeted

Answer: A

Question 465

One of your friends is project manager in Telecommunication Company. She is currently managing a project developing a voice over IP. The gateway offers a comprehensive approach to implementing high density, carrier class voice over packet gateway applications. She is in the process of developing the project schedule, and has determined that the project has 44 critical paths. Which of the following best describe how the project will be impacted?

A. Project will require more resources

B. There is no significant impact from having multiple critical paths C. Project risk will increase

D. Project will cost more

Answer: C

Question 466

Which of the following describes the input to the direct and manage project execution that is used to bring the project back in line and is the part of feedback loop?

A. Corrective action

B. Performance reports

C. Workarounds

D. WBS updates

E. Performance update

Answer: A

Question 467

The risk monitoring and control process involves all of the following except:

A. Tracking identified risks

B. Assessing the probability of achieving project objectives C. Reanalyzing existing risks

D. Monitoring residual risks

E. Monitoring trigger conditions for contingency plan Answer: B

Question 468

You are project manager at a large multinational company developing a next generation mobile phone using voice over IP technology. The project involves significant coordination of resources across multiple different engineering teams located in various different countries.

Specifically your mobile handset team is based in India, your design team in U.S.A, and your QA team in Canada. 

You are currently in the process of assessing the completion status of each of the work packages. In order to develop a accurate status of project, you have asked each of the engineer to report their completion date for their respective deliverables.

However one of the QA engineer abrasively respond” completion date for what?” you finally decided to report QA engineer’s uncooperative behavior to his functional manager. 

Based on the scenario above, which of the following best describes the problem?

A. the work packages were not adequately defined for the project B. there was a conflict of interest between your QA engineer and your project objective

C. you did not receive the necessary support from the functional manager regarding your project

D. the QA engineer was acting defensively to mask his inabilities to meet his project responsibilities

E. you should have met with the functional manager the first time you encountered problem with this engineer rather than let the problem escalate

Answer: A

Question 469

Which of the following statements are false regarding cost and schedule variances?

A. None of the choices are correct

B. Schedule variance will ultimately equal zero when the project is completed

C. The amount of variance of SV and CV value tends to decrease as the project reaches completion

D. The cost variance at the end of the project will be the difference between the budget at the completion and the actual amount spent

Answer: A

Question 470

The cost of quality often refers to cost to produce a product or service according to specific quality standards. Which of the following is not cost associated with the cost quality?

A. Appraisal cost

B. Defect cost

C. Failure cost

D. Prevention cost

Answer: B

Question 471

You are in the process of controlling changes to the project schedule. 

All of the following are the inputs to the process except: A. Performance report

B. Activity list

C. Schedule management plan

D. Approved change request

E. Schedule baseline

Answer: B

Question 472

The applied level of change control is least dependent upon: A. Application area

B. Contract requirements 

C. Complexity of specific project

D. Stakeholder influences

E. Context and environment in which project is informed Answer: D

Question 473

Which of the following is an effective tool to observe trends and results over a specified period of time?

A. Control chart 

B. Scatter diagram

C. Gantt chart 

D. Run chart

Answer: D

Question 474

Which of the following are not situations where pre-assignment of project team members are known in advance?

A. Staff assignment are defined in project charter

B. Project is dependent on the expertise of certain people C. Promised as a part of competitive proposal

D. None of the choices are correct

Answer: D

Question 475

You are in the process of directing the performance of a planned project activities and managing various technical and organizational interfaces that exist within your project. All of the following are required inputs EXCEPT:

A. Work performance information

B. Project management plan

C. Approved change requests, approved defect repair

D. Approved corrective actions, approved preventive actions E. Validated defect repair, administrative closure procedure Answer: A

Question 476

Which of the following best describes the conflict that arises when a project team member has dual reporting relationship between a functional manager and project manager?

A. Ambiguous jurisdiction

B. Conflict management

C. Storming

D. Matrix organization

Answer: A

Question 477

You are evaluating several different motivational strategies to motivate your project team. You subscribe to the belief that pray and salary may prevent job dissatisfaction, but will not lead to long term job satisfaction. You believe that over the long run pay and salary are NOT 

motivators. Which of the following motivational theories are you applying?

A. Expectancy theory

B. Achievement theory

C. Maslow hierarchy of needs

D. Hertzberg hygiene theory

Answer: D

Question 478

Which of the following process groups are in loop back relationship with the other, where each process group serves as inputs to the other?

A. Planning and initiation

B. Planning and execution

C. Execution and initiation

D. Execution and controlling

Answer: D

Question 479

You are the project manager for a software company developing wireless mobile application. You are currently in the Risk Identification process where you are trying to identify and document all the risks that might impact your project. You have assemble your experts in one room for face-to-face discussion.

You intend to use a face-to-face group judgment technique in which participants generate silently, in writing, responses to a given question/problem; responses are collected and posted, but not identified by author, for all to see; responses are openly clarified, often in a round-robin format, further iterations may follow; and a final set of responses is established by voting/ranking. Which technique are you using?

A. Brainstorming

B. Assumption analysis

C. Norming group technique

D. Diagramming techniques

E. Delphi technique

Answer: C

Question 480

According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in which does the need for acceptance occurs?

A. Safety and security

B. Esteem

C. Social needs

D. Self-actualization

Answer: C

Question 481

Which of the following statements are true regarding the project human resource management processes?

A. Human resources planning involves obtaining the human resources required to complete the project

B. Develop project team involves obtaining the human resources to complete the project

C. Acquire project team involves identifying and documenting the project roles and responsibilities 

D. Manage project team involves creating the staffing management plan

E. None of the choices are correct

Answer: E

Question 482

With respect top cost of quality, which of the following individuals suggested that 85% of the cost of quality is a management problem?

A. Crosby

B. Juran

C. Deming

D. Ishikawa

Answer: C

Question 483

You are the project manager responsible for constructing new 100-unit apartment in downtown Manhattan. As part of construction project, you are planning to outsource a particular deliverable of your project. 

You have created a document that described the product and services required in detail and have included the necessary reporting requirements. Which of the following BEAST describes the document you have just prepared?

A. RFP

B. RFQ

C. Process management plan

D. Scope definition

E. Contract SOW

Answer: E

Question 484

Which of the following describes an input to the direct and manage execution process that consists of documented, authorized requests for product correction of a defect found during quality inspection?

A. Implemented preventive actions

B. Implemented change requests

C. Approved preventive actions

D. Approved defect repair

E. Approved change requests

Answer: D

Question 485

Which of the following LEAST likely describes a weighting system used in the Select Sellers process?

A. Select a single seller that will be asked to sign the contract B. Ensure that prospective sellers have a clear understanding of the requirements

C. Rank sellers based on seller’s past performance and quality D. Rank all proposals by weighed evaluation scores

Answer: B

Question 486

You are the project manager for the international contract manufacturing firm with manufacturing the plants and offices in India, China and Thailand. Your company design and manufacture various consumer electronics such as flat screen, television, laptop computers, monitors, e.t.c. 

Your company is in the process of bidding on a project to manufacture the next generation 128-bit video game console for x-cube station. As a potential bidder for this project your company must register so that it is on the qualified seller list. Which of the following statements are true?

A. The qualified seller list is an input to the request sellers responses and provides information about the project including details about the RFP and SOW 

B. The qualified seller list is an input to the select sellers and provides information about the sellers

C. The qualified seller is a tool/technique of a request seller response process and provide information about the seller D. The qualified seller list is a tool of the request seller responses process and are used to ensure that all the prospective sellers have a clear understanding of the requirements 

E. The qualified seller list is an input to the select sellers and are used to rate and score proposals

Answer: B

Question 487

Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding recognition and rewards?

A. Zero sum rewards, that only a limited number of project team members can achieve, may undetermined team cohesiveness and performance

B. To be effective, recognition and rewards should be based under a person’s control

C. Recognition and rewards should consider cultural differences D. None of the choices are correct

E. Recognition and rewards are tool/ techniques of the develop project team process

Answer: D

Question 488

All of the following are another terms of bidder conferences EXCEPT: A. Pre-bid conferences

B. Vendor conferences

C. Screening conferences

D. Contractor conferences

Answer: C

Question 489

Which of the following conflict resolution techniques describes a lose-lose situation where one of the parties involved in the conflict reduces to discuss the conflict, and hence, a resolution is never achieved A. Confrontation

B. Compromise

C. Forcing

D. Withdrawal

E. Smoothing

Answer: D

Question 490

You are a project manager at java ice cream factory. You are currently supervising the manufacturing of new flavor ice cream java bean, burgundy crunch. The manufacturing of this flavor was proceeding as planned, until a manufacturing error occurred that requires corrective action to be taken. Ironically the manufacturing error resulted in a new variant of the flavor.

Product team really thinks that flavor would be a success in a marketplace. They have asked you to cancel the corrective action, and integrate this serendipitous discovery in the manufacturing process. As a project manager you have realized that this has resulted in a change in project scope. Which of the following statement are FALSE?

A. Quality inspection are used to determine whether changes to the project scope has occurred

B. Changes to product scope should be reflected in the project scope

C. The performance measurements baselines will be affected by changes in the project scope

D. Changes to the project scope should be reviewed by the CCB

Answer: A

Question 491

You are the project manger at an advertising firm that specializes in marketing and promotional campaign for athletic shoes. Your company frequently uses sports celebrities as part of the marketing and advertising campaigns. Advertising that uses celebrities to influence consumer’s purchasing decisions is an example of what type of power?

A. Referent power

B. Exert power

C. Legitimate power

D. Coercive power

E. Punishment power

Answer: A

Question 492

Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding the process improvement plan?

A. The process improvement plan is an input to the perform quality assurance process

B. The process improvement plan is an output to the perform quality control process

C. The process improvement plan describes the steps to examine processes for waste and non-value added activities

D. The process improvement plan is a subsidiary of the project management plan

Answer: B

Question 493

Which of the following would LEAST likely to be found as part of a contract?

A. Warranty, limitation of liability

B. Independent estimates, evaluation criteria

C. Roles of responsibilities, pricing and payments

D. Inflation adjustments, acceptance criteria

E. Statement of work, schedule

Answer: B

Question 494

You are the project manger at a construction company. Your company is currently in the process of developing a 500-unit apartment complex. Your company plans to subcontract all the electrical wiring of the building to an outside vendor.

The subcontractor’s work will involve wiring the building for electrical power, as well as cable and Internet Ethernet wiring. In which of the following processes will a contract between the buyer and seller be created?

A. Contract administration

B. Select sellers

C. Plan purchases and acquisitions

D. Request seller responses

E. Plan contracting

Answer: B

Question 495

You are the project manager of a company that is building ATM 

software for a large bank and financial institutions. You have been told that the ATM software must meet very stringent quality standards. 

Including rigorous auditing of all transactions, ability to recover in case of software/ hardware errors, and fraud detection/analysis and robust two-factor authentication.

The ATM system is currently in production, when a quality problem is identified with a PIN card reader. This problem will require with a downtime of the manufacturing process while networks of the unit are performed. Fortunately, the units have not been shipped, to customers yet. Which of the following best describes the cost of quality associated with this problem?

A. Appraisal costs

B. Rework costs

C. External failure cost

D. Prevention costs

E. Internal failure costs

Answer: E

Question 496

Which of the following is NOT one of the five project management process groups?

A. Executing

B. None of the choices are correct

C. Monitoring and controlling

D. Planning

E. Closing

Answer: B

Question 497

You are involved in monitoring specific project results to determine whether they comply with relevant quality standards. You are using a control chart to illustrate how a process is behaving over time. You’ve constructed your control chart and determined that all the data points are within the upper and lower control limits of the chart. In addition, seven consecutive data points are observed to be on the one side of the mean. Which of the following is your BEST plan of action?

A. Compare the results from the lat quality management plan B. Adjust the mean based on the observed data points

C. No additional action is needed, as the process is within control D. Identify the assignable causes

Answer: D

Question 498

You are currently in the process of acquiring your project team and are working with functional managers to ensure that the project receives the appropriate staff during the required time frame. Which of the following BEST describes the tool/ technique you are using?

A. Pre-assignment

B. Acquisition

C. Virtual teams

D. Negotiation

Answer: D

Question 499

Consider the project integration management knowledge area. Which of the following process are included?

A. Risk identification

B. Performance reporting

C. Integrated reporting

D. Direct and manage project execution

E. Human resource planning

Answer: D

Question 500

Project information can be shared by tam members and stakeholders through a variety of methods. Which of the following are NOT 

considered information retrieval systems?

A. Electronic databases

B. Videoconferencing

C. Project management software

D. Electronic mail

E. Manual filing systems

Answer: B, D

Question 501

Which of the following describes the assumptions made by the theory X style of management?

A. People can handle responsibility with creativity and ingenuity

B. People have no ambition, wants no responsibility and would rather follow than lead

C. People work only for money and security

D. People will be committed to their objectives if rewards are in place that address higher needs such as self-fulfillment Answer: B, C

Question 502

Information retrieval systems, information distribution methods, and communication skills are tools/ techniques of which of the following processes?

A. Information distribution

B. Manage stakeholders

C. Performance reporting

D. Communications planning

Answer: A

Question 503

Which of the following project quality management process is within the executing process group?

A. Perform quality control

B. Quality planning

C. None of the choices are correct

D. Perform quality assurance

Answer: D

Question 504

You are the project manager at a construction company. Your company is in the process of developing a 500-unit apartment complex. Your company has subcontracted all the electrical wiring of the building to XYZ Electrical. The subcontractor’s work involved wiring the building for electrical power, as well as cable and Internet/Ethernet wiring. The subcontractor has just completed the work, and you are in process of inspecting his work.

However, you’ve just discovered that the subcontractor forgot to install the Cat-5 Ethernet/Internet cabling throughout the building. The subcontractor’s performance did not meeting the contractor requirements. Which of the following statements are true?

A. You are in the quality assurance process, and performed a quality audit of the contractor’s work

B. You are in the contract administration process, and performed a contract audit to verify the contractor’s work

C. You are in the contract administration process, and performed a variance analysis to verify the completeness of the contractor’s work

D. You are in the scope verification process, and performed a quality audit of the contractor’s work

E. You are in the performance reporting process, and performed a performance review of the contractor’s work

Answer: A

Question 505

The contract management plan is an output of which process?

A. Plan contracting

B. Request sellers

C. Plan purchases and acquisitions

D. Select sellers

E. Contract administration

Answer: D

Question 506

Your are in the process o reviewing offers and choosing among potential sellers. All of the following are tools you can use except: A. methods to evaluate sellers on past performance and contractual compliance

B. methods for establishing minimum requirements for performance of one or more evaluation criteria when slecting a prospective seller

C. methods of preparing own independent estimates of costs D. methods to review seller progress to date

E. methods to clarify the structure and requirements of the contracts

Answer: D

Question 507

You have just completed the progress planning process group and are ready to begin the project executing process group. You will need to perform all the following executing processes except: A. collect and distribute project performance information B. improve competencies of team members

C. make necessary information available to stakeholder in time manner

D. obtain information , quotation and proposals

E. review offer and select seller

Answer: A

Question 508

Which of the following are not the direct result of managing the team?

A. Updating and staffing the management plan 

B. Developing input to performance appraisals

C. Recording the lessons learned

D. Identifying the recourse requirements

E. Submitting change request and resolving issues

Answer: D

Question 509

You are in the process of obtaining necessary human resource to complete the project. All the following are tools you can use except: A. Negotiation

B. Acquisition

C. Virtual team 

D. Pre assignment

E. General management skills

Answer: E

Question 510

Which of the following types of contracts requires the greatest amount of time to monitor and audit?

A. T&M

B. Fixed price

C. CPFF

D. FPIF

Answer: C

Question 511

All of the following statements are true regarding the communications management plan EXCEPT:

A. The communications management plan should be formal and highly detailed

B. The communications management plan is an input to the information distribution process

C. The communications management plan is an output of the communications planning process

D. The communications management plan provides information on stakeholder communication requirements and glossary of common terminology

Answer: A

Question 512

You have been assigned to a project to build a large 30-story condominium in Las Vegas. The condominium will feature luxurious amenities like state of the art work-out facilities, conference centers, valet services, maid services, spas, gourmet dining and resort style pools.

You have already finished the planning processes and have already begun construction. However, during project execution, a large number of changes are being made to the project. Which of the following BEST response to these changes?

A. Hold off until changes are determined, and then create a new project schedule

B. Implement approved changes as necessary, and adjust project management plan and baselines

C. Implement changes that have only been approved by 

management

D. Ask for additional resources in order to implement changes E. Await management approval before making any changes Answer: B

Question 513

You in the project executing process group, and would like to confirm the implementation of approved change request, corrective actions, and defect repairs. Which of the following tool/technique can you leverage?

A. Quality audits

B. Process analysis

C. Benchmarking

D. Design of experiments

E. Cost-benefit analysis

Answer: A

Question 514

Which of the following processes best describes the project human resource management knowledge area?

A. Initiation, develop project team, acquire project team, develop project team

B. Initiation, activity resource planning, acquire project team, develop project team

C. Initiation, develop project team, acquire project team, develop project team, manage project team

D. Acquire project team, activity resource estimation, develop project team, manage project team

Answer: A

Question 515

You are currently in the marker for the new car. You are debating between two different cars. Car ABC is highly reliable car with an excellent track record. However, car ABC lacks some premium equipment, such as high-end audio system and sports suspension.

On the other hand, car XYZ comes standard with various premium equipment including a sports suspension and high-end audio system. 

However, car XYZ is much les reliable and would require more frequent maintenance and repairs. How would you characterized the two cars?

A. Car ABC is a low grade, high quality car while Car XYZ is a high grade, high quality car

B. Car ABC is a low grade, high quality car while Car XYZ is a high grade, high quality car

C. Car ABC is a low grade, high quality car while Car XYZ is a high grade, low quality car

D. Car ABC is a high grade, high quality car while Car XYZ is a high grade, low quality car

E. Car ABC is a high grade, low quality car while Car XYZ is a low grade, high quality car

Answer: C

Question 516

You are a project manager for the manufacture of children’s toys. Your project team is in the process of designing a new children toy for new year Christmas season.

Your project team has worked together for the last six months, and has become a self directed team, with little, if any supervision 

required. A new member has just added to the team. Which of the following statements are true?

A. introduction to the new team member will cause the develop team project process to start over again at the storming stage B.  introduction to the new team member have no effect on develop team project process. The team will continue in the performing stage

C. introduction to the new team member will cause the develop team project process to start over again at the forming stage D. introduction to the new team member will cause the develop team project process to start over again at the norming stage Answer: C

Question 517

Which of the following statement are false?

A. The qualified seller list describes those sellers who are asked to submit a proposals

B. Procurement document package is a buyer prepared formal request sent to each seller and is the basis upon which a seller prepare a bid

C. Qualified seller list and procurement document package are output of request seller responses process 

D. Contract are seller prepared document that describes the seller ability to provide requested services

Answer: D

Question 518

Which of the following techniques do project manager used most often to resolve conflicts?

A. Compromise 

B. Withdrawal 

C. Smoothing

D. Forcing

E. Confronting

Answer: E

Question 519

You are the part of construction project team responsible for developing a new stadium. The project has been ongoing for the past 

several months. Your project team has just completed the initial project budget and schedule and is ensure what to do next. Which of the following would you recommend as the NEXT BEST action to perform?

A. Identify the quality standards

B. Start project iterations

C. Identify the project risks

D. Develop the WBS

E. Develop the PDM

Answer: A

Question 520

Which of the following statements regarding the project charter is FALSE?

A. The project charter grants authority to the project manager to initiate the project

B. The project charter describes the business needs for the project, such as marketing demand, legal requirements, technological advances.

C. The project charter provides the project manager with functional power over personnel

D. The project charter should not be directly published by the project manager.

Answer: C

Question 521

Which of the following documents initiates a project and authorizes the project manager to assign organizational resources to the project?

A. RFQ document

B. Work breakdown structure

C. Project plan

D. RFB document

E. Project charter

Answer: E

Question 522

Which of the following best describes the following organizational structure?

A. Balanced matrix Org

B. Weak matrix Org

C. Projectized Org

D. Functional Org

E. Strong matrix Org

Answer: B

Question 523

You are currently the project manager for a software development project, developing a next generation data-mining tool. Your team is developing a new software product that will help customers better manage large volumes of data, especially for data reporting purposes.

Midway, through the project, your engineer decide to add additional reporting functionality to better analyze correlate data. Although this functionality was NOT part of the original project plan, this feature seems like it could be a useful feature for the customer. This is an example of which of the following?

A. Gold plating

B. Crashing the schedule

C. Inadequate project planning

D. Scope creep

E. Fast tracking

Answer: A

Question 524

Which of the following statements are true regarding the project statement of work?

A. The project statement of work is one of the outputs to the develop project charter process and develop preliminary scope statement process

B. The project statement of work describes the processes and procedures for conducting work and knowledge base for storing and retrieving information

C. The project statement of work describes the factors that influence the project’s success, including company culture, marketplace conditions, stakeholder risk tolerance etc D. The project statement of work is one of the outputs to the develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement process

Answer: A

Question 525

You have been recently hired to be a project manager at a bio-tech company to develop anew drug to treat pancreatic cancer. The project requires significant coordination across multiple departments from R&D to manufacturing.

You’ve attempt to gain the cooperation of chief scientist (who reports to the V.P. of R&D) within the R&D department. You need her assistance to answer some questions regarding the clinical testing process of this new drug. However, the chief scientist is un-interested in your project and provides little or no feed back to your questions.

Since your project is NOT one of her priorities, she’s been rather unresponsive to your questions. What should you do in this situation?

A. Inform the VP of R&D of the performance issues. Establish the expectations of the chief scientist by communicating to your project requirements to the VP of R&D. cooperation from the VP 

of R&D is necessary in order to ensure performance from the chief scientist

B. Clearly define and establish the chief scientist duties and communicate to her that you re expecting him to meet 

expectations. Inform the chief scientist of the impact on lost customers and declining company revenues if she misses her deadlines.

C. Communicate to the chief scientist that you’ll be reporting her performance to the VP of R&D at the completion of the project.

D. Negotiate with the VP of R&D to establish expectations of the chief scientist and request to participate ion the chief scientist’s annual performance review

Answer: D