Questions and CORRECT Answers
requirements documentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Your company has decided to roll
out a new Wi-Fi network for the staff. The sponsor has informed you that encryption on the
network is mandatory. Where will the project manager document that the encryption was
mandated by the sponsor?
inform the team that six weeks is too long and they will need to decompose the feature into
smaller increments - CORRECT ANSWER - The business case is used to show the
benefits of the project. The project charter is used to authorize the project. The project
management plan outlines how to execute, monitor and control, and close the project. The
project benefits report is a made-up term.
meet with the project team members to understand why they feel the contractor has not been
doing the work in the contract - CORRECT ANSWER - There have been many disputes
on the project with the current contractor. The contractor claims the project team is always
asking that work not be listed in the contract, and the team claims that the contractor has not
been doing the work listed in the contract. What should the project manager do first?
quality management plan - CORRECT ANSWER - While developing a new smartphone,
the project team has identified a specific set of performance measurements that the phone should
meet when it is complete. The measurement looks at how fast the phone can boot up and how
fast it can shut down. Where should the project team document these measurements?
plan cost management - CORRECT ANSWER - The project manager and sponsor are
consulting with banks and other lending institutions in order to obtain funds for the project. What
process this describes these actions?
get acceptance from the project sponsor - CORRECT ANSWER - The project team has
completed a major deliverable on the game development project. The deliverable was given to
the project manager. What action should the project manager take next?
, the project is progressing (on schedule & budget) - CORRECT ANSWER - A project
manager has completed the project status report. The report states the CPI is 1.1 and the SPI is
1.14. The report was given to the project sponsor, who has become very upset about the project's
progress and has requested an immediate meeting with the project manager. What should the
project manager report in the meeting?
subject matter expert - CORRECT ANSWER - You have just been appointed the new
project manager on a product upgrade project. One person in particular at the company feels like
the project may cause them to lose their job. This person has expert knowledge of the current
product and does not feel that it needs an upgrade. What would you consider this person on your
project?
analogous estimates - CORRECT ANSWER - The project has just been initiated, and the
project sponsor calls the project manager and asks approximately when he thinks the project will
be completed. The project manager replies that they have been unable to thoroughly analyze the
work needed to complete the project and that he is not very knowledgeable about this kind of
work. The sponsor insists on receiving a high-level estimate. The project manager responds that
it will take approximately 3 months to complete the work based on his experience working on a
project very similar to this one. What technique best represents this estimate?
create a change request to correct the project - CORRECT ANSWER - While compiling
all the work performance information into the work performance report, a project manager
notices that the SPI of the project is .6 and the CPI is .7. What action should the project manager
take next on this project?
inform the stakeholder that this change request should be considered a new project - CORRECT
ANSWER - While working on a complex web design project, the manager has received a
change request from a senior stakeholder to fix a problem with the current intranet server. The
project manager has determined that this change is outside the scope of the project and is not
covered by the work listed in the project charter. What should the project manager do next?
project scope statement - CORRECT ANSWER - While planning a project, the project
manager is given many requirements that the customers would like to add to the project. Upon
further investigation, the project manager decides that a few of the requirements will not be
feasible within the limited time and cost allocated to the project. What document would best list
the requirements that will not be added to this project?