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Question 51
׀ new stakeholder has been added to a project with a BAG of $850,000. The stakeholder has raised five change requests to the CCB; two of them have been approved, and three are awaiting initial review. Considering the project has a CPI of 0.89 and an SPI of 1.14, and the approved ones will be implemented, which of the following should the project manager do LAST?
- A: Identify and document the risk.
- B: Evaluate the impact and justification.
- C: Implement the change.
- D: Update the documents and plans.
Question 52
A project manager has been asked to prepare and present a review of the execution phase. Which of the following is the BEST audience for this review?
- A: Vendors
- B: Key stakeholders
- C: Resources
- D: Project team
- E: Business analysts
Question 53
Which of the following inherently affects quality standards?
- A: SLA
- B: MOA
- C: MOU
- D: WBS
Question 54
At a weekly project team meeting, it is apparent the project is over budget. The project manager needs to determine the reason for this issue. Which of the following documents should MOST likely be analyzed to obtain the answer?
- A: Project charter, organization chart, scope statement, and issue log
- B: Dashboard information, action items, project schedule, and status report
- C: Project management plan, scope statement, communication plan, and meeting agendas
- D: Project schedule, project management plan, communication plan, and issue log
Question 55
The PMO is responsible for: (Choose two.)
- A: managing the project plan, scope, risk, and budget.
- B: contributing expertise, deliverables, and estimates of costs.
- C: setting standards and practices for the organization and providing governance.
- D: outlining consequences of non-performance and coordinating between disparate projects.
- E: approving funding, developing the project schedule, and gathering high-level requirements.
Question 56
A project manager does not have enough time to complete several tasks on a critical path. The budget is a low concern. Which of the following should be used to complete the tasks on time?
- A: Fast-track the tasks.
- B: Utilize positive float.
- C: Crash the schedule.
- D: Remove the critical path
Question 57
A risk with minor impact has been realized. There is no change to the triple constraint. The PM should notify the:
- A: internal project team.
- B: key stakeholders.
- C: affected team members.
- D: full project team.
Question 58
An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise. Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?
- A: Exploitation
- B: Acceptance
- C: Validation
- D: Transfer
Question 59
A company hires a number of interns and assigns them key roles on a project. Which of the following should the project manager MOST likely anticipate?
- A: Reduced quality
- B: Reduced scope
- C: Reduced risk
- D: Reduced timeline
Question 60
The project schedule performance index is 1.1, and the cost performance index is 0.9. Which of the following describes the project status?
- A: Ahead of schedule and over budget
- B: Behind schedule and under budget
- C: Ahead of schedule and under budget
- D: Behind schedule and over budget
Question 61
A non-stakeholder approaches the project manager and asks if certain items can be added to a project that was started two months earlier. Which of the following constraints does this impact MOST?
- A: Time
- B: Schedule
- C: Scope
- D: Cost
Question 62
A team member was replaced on a project by a new team member of equal capability. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?
- A: Resource loading
- B: Resource leveling
- C: Prioritizing tasks
- D: Allocating resources
Question 63
Which of the following would indicate a project manager is working in a matrix-based organization?
- A: The project manager has full authority over resources and the project.
- B: The project manager has no authority over the project resources and limited-to-no authority over the project.
- C: Resources align to the project, report to the project manager, and have no functional home at the end of the project.
- D: Resources report to business area functional managers and return to the functional area at the end of the project.
Question 64
A critical stakeholder has requested additional status updated beyond the schedule.
Which of the following factors MOST likely needs to be accounted for when communication with this stakeholder?
- A: Confidentiality
- B: Criticality
- C: Frequency
- D: Cultural differences
Question 65
Two team members approach a project manager with different ideas for completing a task. After listening to the team members' ideas, the project manager does not choose either one and requires both members to finish the task as originally planned. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager applying?
- A: Avoiding
- B: Smoothing
- C: Forcing
- D: Compromising
Question 66
A project team has finished creating a WBS and started developing a schedule. The team should FIRST determine the:
- A: durations.
- B: tasks.
- C: critical path.
- D: resources.
Question 67
A team has been assembled and assigned a project to reduce recent, unanticipated production cost overruns. Which of the following tools should the project team select to determine the possible origins of the increased costs?
- A: Pareto chart
- B: Fishbone diagram
- C: Process diagram
- D: Run chart
Question 68
A project has a ׀’׀׀¡ of $850,000. The project manager has identified and documented that certain key applications were not included in the scope management plan. As reported, the CPI is 0.8, and the PMO allows only a 5% additional increment to the planned budget. Which of the following should the project manager do
NEXT?
- A: Add the required work to complete the project behind $892,500.
- B: Evaluate the impact and justify adding new work to the project.
- C: Obtain approval from the CCB.
- D: Request a budget increase of $170,000.
Question 69
A project manager is releasing resources and archiving documents. Which of the following phases is the project MOST likely in?
- A: Initiation
- B: Planning
- C: Monitor and control
- D: Closing
Question 70
A project team added a new member who has proprietary information about a competitor's product. The team member was suddenly removed from the project.
Which of the following MOST likely occurred?
- A: The company received a C&D.
- B: A higher-priority project needed the expertise.
- C: The new member did not sign an NDA.
- D: An SLA prevented new team members.
Question 71
In which of the following categories does a business process change fit?
- A: Project change
- B: Organizational change
- C: General change
- D: Departmental change
Question 72
A change must be made to a project to comply with municipal code. The project manager updates the relevant shared project documents. The key stakeholders subsequently update the documents with new information. When the project deliverables are reinspected, they fail the inspection. Which of the following is the
MOST likely reason for the failed inspection?
- A: There were insufficient resources assigned to the task.
- B: The prior document version was not reviewed.
- C: Version control processes were not applied.
- D: The CCB was not contacted.
Question 73
A project manager has received a change order that will reduce a project's timeline and budget. However, the change order also indicates the goals and deliverables of the project must remain unchanged. Which of the following is the MOST logical impact to the project?
- A: The reduced timeline will impact the quality of the deliverables because the amount of time to test will be reduced.
- B: The reduced budget will result in reduced resources, which will lead to a strong matrix organizational structure being used.
- C: The reduced timeline will decrease risk, resulting in an increased contingency reserve.
- D: The reduced budget will cause the project manager to reject the change order.
Question 74
Which of the following activities are associated with the closing phase of a project? (Choose two.)
- A: Risk mitigation
- B: Archiving of project documents
- C: Tracking of expenditures
- D: Lessons learned
- E: Quality assurance
Question 75
Team members have reported poor sound quality during critical, time-sensitive conference calls. Which of the following may be a more effective means of communication?
- A: One-on-one meetings
- B: Project wiki
- C: Text messages
- D: Social media
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