Description : Jack is in charge of a project team. Due to an unexpected project change, some issues with the project have come up. Two key team members, Samantha and Felix, are arguing their ... concerns through conflict resolution. e. Delay this issue for now until it becomes a significant conflict.
Last Answer : a. Confront the problem early, and invite both Samantha and Felix to private meetings.
Description : Alice is a Project Manager. She is coordinating a bidder conference to allow vendors to get clarification on the work that needs to be performed. Which phase of Project Management is in progress. A. Conduct Procurements B. Plan Procurements C. Control Procurements D. Close Procurements
Last Answer : A. Conduct Procurements
Description : Complete the following statement. As a project manager, Darrell is excited that he is assigned to be in charge of the most important project this year. After being chartered for the project, he ... c. prepare for the template to monitor project progress. d. estimate the entire project budget.
Last Answer : b. start to define and develop the stakeholder needs and requirements
Description : You are working in CareerRide as a project manager. What will you do to minimize the risk of failure? a. Request a large budget b. You will increase the team size c. Track progress d. None of the above
Last Answer : c. Track progress
Description : You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your project team is researching a new service offering. They have been working together for quite some time and are in the performing ... will start all over again at the storming stage but quickly progress to the performing stage.
Last Answer : C. The team will start all over again with the forming stage.
Description : Which one of the following best describes project management? a. Using APM's Body of Knowledge 6th edition as a guide to all projects. b. Employing a project manager who has undertaken similar ... on a project full time. d. Application of processes and methods throughout the project life cycle.
Last Answer : d. Application of processes and methods throughout the project life cycle.
Description : Which one of the following best describes project management? a. Using APM's Body of Knowledge 6th edition as a guide to all projects. b. Employing a project manager who has undertaken ... on a project full time. d. Application of processes and methods throughout the project life cycle.
Description : The most successful project manager usually: 1. works their way up from assistants in the project office to full-fledged project managers, supplementing that experience with formal ... . Has considerable experience as a functional manager before moving into the project management arena.
Last Answer : 1. works their way up from assistants in the project office to full-fledged project managers, supplementing that experience
Description : Earned value management integrates scope, cost, and schedule measures to: A. assess project performance and progress. B. develop a preliminary budget. C. assess communication effectiveness among project team members. D. assess whether all requirements were met.
Last Answer : A. assess project performance and progress.
Description : As a project manager, while Kathy was trying to categorize all potential risks for her new construction project M based on levels of probability and impact on the project, she identified a potential risk, ... b. Risk management plan c. Project management plan d. WBS e. Scope management plan
Last Answer : d. WBS
Description : You are a project manager for Picture Shades, Inc. It manufactures window shades that have replicas of Renaissance-era paintings on the inside for hotel chains. Picture Shades is taking its product to the home market, and you're managing the new ... B-C-E-H B. A-D-E-H C. A-F-G-H D. A-F-G-E-H
Last Answer : B. A-D-E-H
Description : You are a project manager for Move It Now trucking company. Your company specializes in moving household goods across the city or across the country. Your project involves upgrading the nationwide computer network for the ... the weighted average or expected value? A. 54 B. 66 C. 60 D. 30
Last Answer : C. 60
Description : Once the logic of a network is laid out, the project manager will conduct a forward pass and a backward pass through the network. This will provide information regarding ______ and will identify ... C. Resource shortages, high risk activities D. The high risk activities, non-critical path
Last Answer : A. The total duration of the project, critical path
Description : Expert power is the power that comes from the amount of knowledge a person has obtained in a specific area. This type ofpower is: 1. Critical to a project manager because the PM has to have ... by the PM because the PM cannot stay current on all areas of expertise and also manage the project
Last Answer : 4. Used sparingly if at all by the PM because the PM cannot stay current on all areas of expertise and also manage the project
Description : Which one of the following statements is true? a. Independent reviews and quality audits form part of quality assurance to ensure the project manager delivers on time and to budget. ... Quality planning enables the project manager to manage the trade-off between customer expectations and budget
Last Answer : c. Quality control verifies that the project deliverables conform to specification, are fit for purpose and meet stakeholder expectations.
Description : Which one of the following statements is true? a. Independent reviews and quality audits form part of quality assurance to ensure the project manager delivers on time and to budget. ... planning enables the project manager to manage the trade-off between customer expectations and budget.
Description : The Project charter is created by: 1. The project manager 2. Upper management 3. The Vice President over a functional management group 4. The customer
Last Answer : 2. Upper management
Description : The decision to request an increase the resources for a project is the responsibility of the: 1. Functional manager 2. Project manager 3. Director of project management 4. Customer
Last Answer : 2. Project manager
Description : (1)Milestones established by the customer must be adhered to by: 1. Project manager 2. Functional managers 3. The customer 4. Both a and b
Last Answer : 4. Both a and b
Description : An Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) is used to identify: a. the reporting structure and current availability of all individuals in the project. b. technical ability and line of communication ... . d. the reporting structure and lines of communication for all individuals in the projects.
Last Answer : d. the reporting structure and lines of communication for all individuals in the projects.
Description : An Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS) is used to identify: a. the reporting structure and current availability of all individuals in the project. b. technical ability and line of ... project. d. the reporting structure and lines of communication for all individuals in the projects.
Description : What is the most critical aspect in developing a project plan that meets project specifications within the timeframe and at the lowest costs? Select one: a. Assessing risk management b ... business partners e. Developing a project execution plan that matches the complexity level of the project
Last Answer : e. Developing a project execution plan that matches the complexity level of the project
Description : Which of the following is not an example of formal communication? a. Contract b. email c. Project status report d. Status meeting
Last Answer : b. email
Description : What is a visual representation of a project’s planned activities against a calendar called? a. A Gantt chart. b. A critical path network. c. A product flow diagram. d. A Pareto chart.
Last Answer : a. A Gantt chart.
Description : According to a statistical report: over 30% of all projects are cancelled before completion and over 70% of the remainder fail to deliver expected features . What must be the reason for such ... change management b) Poor requirements management c) Poor quality control d) All of the mentioned
Last Answer : b) Poor requirements management
Description : Resorce requirement in project becomes constant while the project is in its _____ progress stage. (A) 40 to 55% (B) 55 to 70% (C) 70 to 80% (D) 80 to 95%
Last Answer : (D) 80 to 95%
Description : . An important aim of a post-project review is to: a. validate overall progress to date against the budget and schedule. b. capture learning and document it for future usage. c. ... of all permanent documentation, signed by the sponsor. d. establish that project benefits have been identified.
Last Answer : b. capture learning and document it for future usage.
Description : Which one of the following statements best defines an estimate? a. An approximation of project time and cost targets, refined throughout the project life cycle. b. A prediction of a future ... . A situation that affects or influences the outcome of the project expressed in time or cost terms
Last Answer : a. An approximation of project time and cost targets, refined throughout the project life cycle.
Description : Which of the following is true about management meetings? Select one: a. They are short meetings to develop a common understanding of what the short-term priorities are for the project. ... , tracking progress of existing plans, and making adjustments to plans in response to new information.
Last Answer : e. They are oriented toward developing plans, tracking progress of existing plans, and making adjustments to plans in response to new information.
Description : Controlling the changes in the project may affect (A)The progress of the project (B)Stage cost (C)Project scope (D)All of the abov
Last Answer : (D)All of the abov
Description : Resorce requirement in project becomes constant while the project is in its progress stage. (A) 40 to 55% (B) 55 to 70% (C) 70 to 80% (D) 80 to 95%
Description : The most significant challenge to project managers is _____. a. lack of project management training b. no one really understands how to manage a complex systems development project ... tools that can assist in controlling project progress d. unrealistic schedule demands by project sponsors
Last Answer : d. unrealistic schedule demands by project sponsors
Description : What is the definition of Earned Value Management? A. An approach that combines the scope, schedule, and cost baseline into a project performance and progress measurement tool. B. ... approach that combines the scope and cost baseline into a project performance and progress measurement tool.
Last Answer : A. An approach that combines the scope, schedule, and cost baseline into a project performance and progress measurement tool.
Description : An important aim of a post-project review is to: a. validate overall progress to date against the budget and schedule. b. capture learning and document it for future usage. c. ... of all permanent documentation, signed by the sponsor. d. establish that project benefits have been identified
Description : Which one of the following statements best defines an estimate? a. An approximation of project time and cost targets, refined throughout the project life cycle. b. A prediction of a future ... . A situation that affects or influences the outcome of the project expressed in time or cost terms.
Description : Communication management: 1. Is important only in projects involving telephone, television, radio, or newspaper production facilities and operations 2. Is not a big problem for people with normal ... . Involves the originator, the message, the medium and the receiver 4. Preparing an agenda
Last Answer : 3. Involves the originator, the message, the medium and the receiver
Description : Traditional Work Breakdown Structures tend to a. focus on the design of the system as oppose to the needs of the current phase and iteration b. force too many levels of detail early on for large ... project and difficult to compare across projects d. all of the above e. none of the above
Last Answer : d. all of the above
Description : A Project control system: 1. Monitors and controls the project's schedule, costs, scope, budgets etc 2. Is a mechanism which reacts to the current project status in order to endure ... 4. Is a system for controlling and executing project documentation in an uniform and timely manner
Last Answer : 1. Monitors and controls the project's schedule, costs, scope, budgets etc
Description : Who should take the most responsibility for clear and effective communication? A. The Communications Manager B. The sender and the receiver C. The sender D. The receiver
Last Answer : B. The sender and the receiver
Description : Your company has asked you to be the project manager for the product introduction of its new DeskTop Rock media system. You recently published the project scope statement. Which ... . Constraints B. Project specifications C. Requested changes D. Project configuration management requirements
Last Answer : C. Requested changes
Description : What Should The Project Manager Look For In A Scheduling System?
Last Answer : The three basic elements that the project scheduling systems should provide are; a common basis for communication at all operational levels of the project, a basis for regular status reporting, the use of the management by exception technique.
Description : Tool used for comparison of the proposed project to complete projects of a similar nature whose costs are known. (A) Algorithmic model (B) Expert judgment (C) Top down (D) Analogy
Last Answer : (D) Analogy
Description : The main outcome of risk identification, in a risk management process, is to: a. identify and determine the relative importance of the project risks. b. identify and describe all risks that ... responses to the project risks. d. identify and describe risks that have occurred on previous projects.
Last Answer : b. identify and describe all risks that might occur on the project.
Description : Which one of the following statements is true? a. Business-as-usual activities cannot be improved. b. Business-as-usual activities are more difficult to manage than projects. c. Projects are ... change to business-as-usual. d. A project is always the starting point for operation refinement
Last Answer : c. Projects are transient endeavours that bring about change to business-as-usual.
Description : Which of the following statements about risk is true? Select one: a. Project risk focuses on identifying, assessing, and eliminating the risks on the project. b. Risk management is all ... are no risk-free projects. e. Risk management involves identification, evaluation, and elevation of risk
Last Answer : d. There are no risk-free projects.
Description : Which of the following statements is true regarding contracts? Select one: a. They are the filters through which project members screen information that is shared. b. They do not lend ... information-rich environment will suffer. e. Contracts promote the growth of a trusting project culture.
Last Answer : b. They do not lend themselves to create an environment of trust.
Description : Determining the policies that are needed for the smooth execution of a project relates to which of the following agenda items of alignment sessions? Select one: a. Developing a common ... role clarification on projects e. Agreeing on the means and methods for accomplishing the purpose
Last Answer : d. Developing role clarification on projects