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40 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 40
31-) Your Company has entered into a joint venture with Service Company to develop a
software program. Which of the following should be cooperatively prepared by both the
buyer and the seller during teaming agreement process?
A-) Contract
B-) Contract, Procurement statement of work
C-) Request for proposal
D-) Human Resource Plan
3- Answer is D. Ask management how the new project will affect your project. Since this
is another project that your company is going to execute, you need to be sure whether it
will impact your project.
34- Answer is A. Gold plating refers to continuing to work on a project or task well past
the point where the extra effort is worth the value it adds (if any). After having met the
requirements, the assignee works on further enhancing the product, thinking the
customer would be delighted to see additional or more polished features, rather than
what was asked for or expected.
11- Answer is A. quality audits. If you read the second sentence again, it says that you are
concerned about the accuracy of progress reports from the project. In order to check
whether the standards of your organization have been applied in the projects that you
are responsible of, you can conduct a quality audit and find out whether there is really a
problem. Therefore, here the best answer is A, Quality Audits.
31- Answer is B. In some cases, the seller may already be working under a contract
funded by the buyer or jointly by both parties. The effort of the buyer and seller in this
process is to collectively prepare a procurement statement of work that will satisfy the
requirements of the project. The parties will then negotiate a final contract for award.
,Term 2 of 40
7-) 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?
-) Fast track the project.
-) Level the resources.
-) Crash the project.
-) Monte Carlo analysis.
Term 3 of 40
20-) You want to group your project stakeholders based on their authority and involvement in
the project. Which of the following is appropriate model for this?
A-) Power/Interest Grid B-) Power/Influence Grid C-) Influence/Impact Grid D-) Salience
Model
25- Answer is D-) Inspection
Inspection includes activities such as measuring, examining, and validating to determine
whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria.
20- Answer is B. Power/Influence Grid. Authority of a stakeholder represents power of
the stakeholder and involvement of a stakeholder represents the influence level of the
stakeholder. Therefore, answer is B. Power/Influence Grid.
28- Answer is C. The project manager applies interpersonal skills to manage
stakeholder's expectations. For example:
Building trust
Resolving conflict
Active listening
Overcoming resistance to change
24- Answer is B. Tools and techniques used in Determine Budget Process are:
Cost aggregation
Reserve analysis
Expert judgment
Historical relationships
Funding limit reconciliation
Bottom-up estimating is used in Estimate Costs Process.
,Term 4 of 40
2-) During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on
the project to judge performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related
to activities assigned him are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered in what
part of the project management process?
A-) Initiating
B-) Executing
C-) Monitoring & Controlling
D-) Closing
1- Answer is C. In this situation, project manager acts as the secretary of the project and
does the paper work. So, this is an example of project expediter position where project
manager does not have any authority and power. Project manager does only paper
work.
4- Answer is C. Historical information. First thing to explore before starting a new project
is the historical information about similar projects in the organizational process assets
library of the organization.
2- Answer is B. Executing. Questions states that team member feels some of the
measures on his activities are not valid. Therefore, he must be working during the
executing phase of the project where project deliverables are produced and project
members
5- Answer is A. WBS Dictionary. Work packages in a Work Breakdown Structure contain
only nouns or a couple of words regarding a work or deliverable. Detailed information
on what needs to be done, responsible, prerequisites, successors, due date etc. are
included in the Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary.
, Term 5 of 40
1-) A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major work package. After
the meeting, the manager contacts you and tells you to complete the paperwork to make the
change. This is an example of:
A-) Management attention to scope management.
B-) Management planning
C-) A project expediter position.
D-) A change control system.
4- Answer is C. Historical information. First thing to explore before starting a new project
is the historical information about similar projects in the organizational process assets
library of the organization.
5- Answer is A. WBS Dictionary. Work packages in a Work Breakdown Structure contain
only nouns or a couple of words regarding a work or deliverable. Detailed information
on what needs to be done, responsible, prerequisites, successors, due date etc. are
included in the Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary.
2- Answer is B. Executing. Questions states that team member feels some of the
measures on his activities are not valid. Therefore, he must be working during the
executing phase of the project where project deliverables are produced and project
members
1- Answer is C. In this situation, project manager acts as the secretary of the project and
does the paper work. So, this is an example of project expediter position where project
manager does not have any authority and power. Project manager does only paper
work.
40 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 40
31-) Your Company has entered into a joint venture with Service Company to develop a
software program. Which of the following should be cooperatively prepared by both the
buyer and the seller during teaming agreement process?
A-) Contract
B-) Contract, Procurement statement of work
C-) Request for proposal
D-) Human Resource Plan
3- Answer is D. Ask management how the new project will affect your project. Since this
is another project that your company is going to execute, you need to be sure whether it
will impact your project.
34- Answer is A. Gold plating refers to continuing to work on a project or task well past
the point where the extra effort is worth the value it adds (if any). After having met the
requirements, the assignee works on further enhancing the product, thinking the
customer would be delighted to see additional or more polished features, rather than
what was asked for or expected.
11- Answer is A. quality audits. If you read the second sentence again, it says that you are
concerned about the accuracy of progress reports from the project. In order to check
whether the standards of your organization have been applied in the projects that you
are responsible of, you can conduct a quality audit and find out whether there is really a
problem. Therefore, here the best answer is A, Quality Audits.
31- Answer is B. In some cases, the seller may already be working under a contract
funded by the buyer or jointly by both parties. The effort of the buyer and seller in this
process is to collectively prepare a procurement statement of work that will satisfy the
requirements of the project. The parties will then negotiate a final contract for award.
,Term 2 of 40
7-) 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?
-) Fast track the project.
-) Level the resources.
-) Crash the project.
-) Monte Carlo analysis.
Term 3 of 40
20-) You want to group your project stakeholders based on their authority and involvement in
the project. Which of the following is appropriate model for this?
A-) Power/Interest Grid B-) Power/Influence Grid C-) Influence/Impact Grid D-) Salience
Model
25- Answer is D-) Inspection
Inspection includes activities such as measuring, examining, and validating to determine
whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria.
20- Answer is B. Power/Influence Grid. Authority of a stakeholder represents power of
the stakeholder and involvement of a stakeholder represents the influence level of the
stakeholder. Therefore, answer is B. Power/Influence Grid.
28- Answer is C. The project manager applies interpersonal skills to manage
stakeholder's expectations. For example:
Building trust
Resolving conflict
Active listening
Overcoming resistance to change
24- Answer is B. Tools and techniques used in Determine Budget Process are:
Cost aggregation
Reserve analysis
Expert judgment
Historical relationships
Funding limit reconciliation
Bottom-up estimating is used in Estimate Costs Process.
,Term 4 of 40
2-) During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on
the project to judge performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related
to activities assigned him are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered in what
part of the project management process?
A-) Initiating
B-) Executing
C-) Monitoring & Controlling
D-) Closing
1- Answer is C. In this situation, project manager acts as the secretary of the project and
does the paper work. So, this is an example of project expediter position where project
manager does not have any authority and power. Project manager does only paper
work.
4- Answer is C. Historical information. First thing to explore before starting a new project
is the historical information about similar projects in the organizational process assets
library of the organization.
2- Answer is B. Executing. Questions states that team member feels some of the
measures on his activities are not valid. Therefore, he must be working during the
executing phase of the project where project deliverables are produced and project
members
5- Answer is A. WBS Dictionary. Work packages in a Work Breakdown Structure contain
only nouns or a couple of words regarding a work or deliverable. Detailed information
on what needs to be done, responsible, prerequisites, successors, due date etc. are
included in the Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary.
, Term 5 of 40
1-) A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major work package. After
the meeting, the manager contacts you and tells you to complete the paperwork to make the
change. This is an example of:
A-) Management attention to scope management.
B-) Management planning
C-) A project expediter position.
D-) A change control system.
4- Answer is C. Historical information. First thing to explore before starting a new project
is the historical information about similar projects in the organizational process assets
library of the organization.
5- Answer is A. WBS Dictionary. Work packages in a Work Breakdown Structure contain
only nouns or a couple of words regarding a work or deliverable. Detailed information
on what needs to be done, responsible, prerequisites, successors, due date etc. are
included in the Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary.
2- Answer is B. Executing. Questions states that team member feels some of the
measures on his activities are not valid. Therefore, he must be working during the
executing phase of the project where project deliverables are produced and project
members
1- Answer is C. In this situation, project manager acts as the secretary of the project and
does the paper work. So, this is an example of project expediter position where project
manager does not have any authority and power. Project manager does only paper
work.
