M FAHAD USMANI Set-3

Question: 201 Due to the lack of available expertise in your area, you have hired many team members from diverse geographical areas and cultures. Therefore, they are having problems with technical terms used by other team members. Sometimes they agree on the definition of a term and other times they do not. What will you do to solve the issue?

• (a) You ask them to sit and agree on the definition of each term.

• (b) You will define the definition of each term and ask them to follow it.

• (c) Since this is a forming stage, such disputes occur. Things will settle down when the team moves on to next stage, so you will not take any action.

• (d) You ask them to refer to any standard such as the PMBOK Guide.

Question: 202 The create WBS process is where you create the work breakdown structure. The WBS helps you immensely in developing the schedule and other project management activities. Which of the following is the highest element in the hierarchical breakdown of the work breakdown structure?

• (a) Control account

• (b) Project work

• (c) Deliverable

• (d) Milestone

Question: 203 If you want to complete your project on schedule and with minimal obstruction, you must pay close attention to the critical path. The duration of the critical path is the shortest duration in which you can complete the project. Which of the following statements is not true about the critical path?

• (a) The critical path is the longest path in the network diagram

• (b) In critical path, the float is zero

• (c) Buffers are used to manage activities

• (d) Here it is assumed that resources are available whenever they are needed

Question: 204 You have been assigned as project manager for a project. You are in the planning phase when management asks you to provide them with all activities showing logical relationships. You draw the network diagram and use dummy activities to make logical relationships more clear. Which of the following network diagramming techniques are you using here?

• (a) PERT

• (b) CCM

• (c) PDM

• (d) ADM

Question: 205 You are reviewing the lessons learned from previous projects and you notice a process error that might cause a defect in the project deliverable. You review your project’s process and make sure that this error does not occur with your project deliverable. This is an example of:

• (a) Defect repair

• (b) Corrective action

• (c) Preventive action

• (d) None of the above

Question: 206 During the project execution, due to excessive hot weather some of your equipment has started showing signs of malfunctioning. This problem was brought to you by a team member so you decided to deal with it. Which of the following is not a methodological step to solve the problem?

• (a) Identify the problem

• (b) Define the problem

• (c) Plan the solution

• (d) Check the solution

Question: 207 You are managing a large project with many contractors working on it. A stakeholder comes to you and informs you that he never received the status report from one of your contractors. What will your next step be?

• (a) Stop the payment and ask for clarification

• (b) Call the contractor

• (c) Review the communications management plan

• (d) Inform management

Question: 208 You are in the identifying risks process. You are meeting with your team members and stated that the project may be delayed because of the late delivery of certain consumables for your project. Now you ask the team members to find ways in which this problem can occur. What technique are you using here?

• (a) Assumption and constraint analysis

• (b) Brainstorming

• (c) Sensitivity analysis

• (d) Root cause analysis

Question: 209 You have floated a tender for your project, and to clarify some issues raised by bidders you are conducting a bidder conference. What will not be done in a bidder conference?

• (a) Award the contract

• (b) Clarify the doubt

• (c) Explain the bid terms and conditions

• (d) None of the above

Question: 210 You are gathering all the information about the stakeholders and discussing with your team members what changes they can make to the project objective. Which technique are you using here?

• (a) Information gathering technique

• (b) Stakeholders analysis

• (c) Stakeholders management strategy

• (d) Brainstorming