6th Edition PMBOK Exam Questions And
Answers
JackiJonesitheiprojectimanageriofitheiElectricityiCostiReductioniprojectir
emarksitoioneiofihisipeersithatihisiprojectihasi300icommunicationsichan
nels.iSheireplies,i"wowithat'siailotioficommunicationsichannels,ihowima
nyipeopleiareiyouidealingiwithi150?"iJackisaysinowhereinearithat,icomm
unicationsichannelsigrowiexponentially,iactuallyithereiare...i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
Aimemberiofiaiprojectiteamitellsitheiprojectimanagerithatiheiisinotisurei
whichiofitheimanyiprojectsiheiisiworkingioniisimostiimportantiandisincei
heiisiassigneditoihelpioniseveraliprojects,ihe'sinotisureiwhichioneishouldi
receiveihisipriorityiifithereiisiaitimeiconflict.iWhoishouldidetermineiprior
itiesiamongimultipleiprojects?i-iCorrectiAnswer-PMO
Aiprojectimanageriisiapproachedibyiaimemberiofiseniorimanagementian
diinformedithatiresourceithatiisiessentialitoitheiprojectineedsitoibeimov
editoiaidifferentiprojectibecauseitheiotheriprojectineedsithatiperson'sisk
illset.iHowishoulditheiprojectimanagerireact?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
escalateitheiresourceirequirementitoitheiprogramimanaager
Itiisiimportantitoihaveischeduledistatusimeetingitoikeepitheiprojectionitr
ack.iManyipeopleidon'tilikeigoingitoimeetingibecauseitheirischeduleiisis
oicrammed,ianditheyitryitoiavoidimeetingsiwheneveripossible.iSometim
,esiitimakesisenseitoicanceliaimeeting,iotheritimesiitidoesn't,iofitheifollo
wingiscenarios,iwhichioneiisinotiaigoodireasonitoicanceliaimeetingi-
iCorrectiAnswer-
JaniPlotte,iofitheiPMOiisigivingianiorientationipresentationitoitheinewigr
oupiofisummeriinternsiatiheriorganization.iOneiofitheitopicsisheiisicoveri
ngiisiprojectireportingirequirements.iSheitellsitheiinternsithatieachiproje
ctiisiexpecteditoiprovideiforecastireportsioniaimonthlyibasisitoitheiPMO,i
theseireports...i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Twoiprojectimanagersiareidiscussingitheichallengesitheyifaceiinibringingi
theiriprojectiinionitime,ionibudget,iandiiniscope.iOneiofithemisays,itheih
ardestipartiofimanagingiaiprojectiisidealingiwithitheiconflictsibetweenite
amimembers,ibothiamongithemselves,iandiwithistakeholders.iTheiother
iprojectimanagerinotesithatigoodicommunicationsiareiessentialiiniconfli
ctiresolutionibecause...i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Twoiprojectimanagersiareidiscussingicommunicationsimanagement.iDu
ringithisidiscussion,ioneiprojectimanageripointsioutithaticommunication
imanagementitendsitoifocusionitheiinfrastructureiuseditoigetitimelyiandi
accurateiprojecticommunicationsitoitheirightipeople.iSheiemphasizesith
isipointibyinotingithatitheifollowingiisiaitoolianditechniqueiofitheiManag
eiCommunicationsiprocessi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theiprojectiisiapproximatelyi80%icomplete,iandiMaryiStokes,itheiprojec
timanageriisicommunicatingiwithistakeholdersiregardingitheistatusiofith
, eiproject.iWhatiwilliprovideiguidanceitoiheriinideterminingiwhichistakeh
olderigetsiwhichireports?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
GulfportiManufacturingihasicreatediaiprojectitoidetermineitheibesticour
seiofiactionitoitakeiiniresponseitoitheiregulatoryirequirementsithatihavei
beenirecentlyienactedibyitheistateilegislatureiforiitsiindustry.iTheicompa
nyihasithreeiplantsilocatediinitheistate,itwoiofiwhichiwereibuilti20+iyear
siago,iandiwillilikelyinotibeicostieffectiveitoimodernize.iTheiCEOihasiwar
nedithatithisiprojectiwillisucceediorifailiasiairesultiofieffectiveicommunic
ations.iDuringitheiplanicommunicationsimanagementiprocess,itheiproje
ctimanageriandihisiteamiwillirelyionitwoikeyiinputs,ispecifically...i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
BilliNeisoniisitheiprojectimanageriofitheiRetailiRebrandingiproject.iTheip
roductioniofitheirebrandinginewiinteriorifurnitureiisibeingioutsourcedit
oianioffshoreifurnitureicompanyithatispecializesiinitheifurnitureidesignir
equired.iThereihaveibeeniainumberioficommunicationichallengesiwithi
manyirequirementsibeingimisinterpretediandionitimeideliveryiofifurnitu
reitoitheistoresiasitheirolloutihasiproceeded.iWhaticommunicationidime
nsionishouldibeiemployeditoiminimizeitheseiproblems?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
JaniPlotte,iofitheiPMOiisigivingianiorientationipresentationitoitheinewigr
oupiofisummeriinternsiatiheriorganization.iOneiofitheitopicsisheiisicoveri
ngiisiprojectireportingirequirements.iSheitellsitheiinternsithatieachiproje
ctiisiexpecteditoiprovideivarianceireportsioniaimonthlyibasisitoitheiPMO,
itheseireports...i-iCorrectiAnswer-