TOG - PMP Quiz 3

Managing stakeholder engagement:

• is a planning activity
• uses risk management plan as an input
• occurs at the end of the project
• occurs throughout the project life cycle

The customer calls you to ask about the status of the project, and you have an answer prepared as you are speaking with them. This is an example of:

• Meeting customer expectations.
• A project manager is always proactive
• Always keeping a stakeholder with high interest and high influence satisfied.
• Acquiring validation.

A project manager holds the first risk meeting of the project team. The client is present at the meeting. At the meeting several risks are identified and assigned to members of the project team for evaluation and quantification. The result of the meeting is:

• Expected value of the risk events.
• Strategies for the risk events.
• A list of potential risk events.
• General statements about risks for the project.

A project manager is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network analysis. Which type of mathematical analysis is being used?

• Critical path method
• Three-Point Estimate
• Monte Carlo
• Resource leveling

An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 20, and a late finish (LF) of day 30. The activity:

• is on the critical path.
• has a lag.
• has a lead.
• is not on the critical path.

Conflict resolution techniques that may be used on a project include confronting, smoothing, forcing and:

• withdrawing.
• directing.
• organizing.
• controlling.

Which phase of the project is likely to have the greatest amount of its funding spent?

• Initiating
• Executing
• Planning
• Closeout

A control chart shows seven data points in a row on one side of the mean. What should be done?

• Perform a design of experiments.
• Adjust the chart to reflect the new mean.
• Find an assignable cause.
• Nothing. This is the rule of seven and can be ignored.

The document that is proof of upper management’s commitment to the project and gives the authority to manage the project to the project manager is called:

• The project plan.
• The project goals and objectives.
• The project charter.
• The project definition.

Which of the following represents the estimated value of the work actually accomplished?

• Earned value (EV)
• Planned value (PV)
• Actual cost (AC)
• Cost variance (CV)