PMP Scope/Integration/Ethics (exam #12)

You are managing a project for your company constructing an office complex in another country. The construction work on 2 of the buildings is complete and is ready for move-in. However, the construction foreman informs you that a fee must be paid to a local government agency in order to be issued an occupancy permit for all new construction in that country. What should you do?

• Pay the fee
• Ask your legal department if this is legal
• Notify project stakeholders that you have been asked to pay a bribe.
• Do not pay the fee

You are the Project Manager of a large IT project. A manager from a company contracted to work on the project offers you free tickets to a local sporting event. The tickets are expensive but your organization has no formal policy regarding gifts. What is the BEST way to handle the offer?

• Refuse the tickets and report the offer to your employer.
• Accept the tickets but notify your employer
• Politely refuse the tickets
• Accept the tickets since there is no policy

A measure taken to bring future results in line with the project plan BEST describes?

• Change request
• Preventive action
• Corrective action
• Defect repair

The manager of a project, that your company is running in another country, is at the corporate headquarters for a company-wide project management meeting. During a break, you overhear the project manager discussing payments made to local municipal governments for construction permits for his project. Your company has a strict policy about paying or taking bribes. What should you do?

• Report him to PMI
• Report him to his manager
• Notify his project stakeholders
• Do nothing

You are the Project Manager for GeoThermal Systems. Which of the following must be done FIRST before proceeding with a new project?

• Create the Project Scope Statement
• Stakeholder analysis
• Product analysis
• Obtain Project Charter approval

You are the Project Manager for Commodities, Inc. You are involved in a new project to create an internal web site for the employees of Commodities, Inc that will allow them to view events within the company. All of the following options listed are project constraints EXCEPT?

• The project must be completed by December 31st of the current year
• There is a budget of $75,000 for the project
• The navigation menu for the website must be on the top of the page
• Only 3 employees are available to work on the project

What is the MAIN reason for controlling the project scope?

• To enable scope creep
• To prevent changes from affecting the project
• To ensure timely closure of the project
• Preventing scope creep

You are a Project Manager and are nearing the end of your project. You are now required to provide lessons learned documentation on the project. What is the MAIN purpose for preparing lessons learned documentation?

• To identify the valued employees who improved efficiencies
• To identify the problem employees who reduced efficiencies
• To identify instances in which you positively affected the project
• To identify improvements for managing similar future projects