Which of the following documents is not used as input for the validate scope process?

D. The RACI matrix, describing accountabilities in case of product rejection

A. The requirements traceability matrix, linking requirements to their origin and tracing them throughout the project lifecycle.

B. The project management plan, containing the scope management plan, scope baseline, and requirements management plan.

C. The verified deliverables, completed and checked for correctness by the Perform quality control process.

Research reveals that the top 2% of project managers as designated by their bosses and team members distinguish themselves by demonstrating superior relationship and communication skills while displaying a …

C. Strong knowledge of the system they are developing

Senior management within your company is evaluating whether or not to use agile for some of its key projects. In order to do so, they decide to use a tool which will assess the company using three main attributes namely, culture, team and project. This tool is known as a(n):

B. Agile suitability assessment

C. Agile feasibility assessment

You have been working as a project manager for many years in a manufacturing firm and have been used to managing the team’s activities. Your supervisor has asked you to become more conversant with agile and as such, you decide to meet with an agile coach for guidance. She advises you that:

B. Project managers should shift to servant leadership in agile projects

A. Project manager and team facilitator are essentially the same role

C. Project managers in agile essentially help coordinate reports

D. You should manage the project traditionally as that skill set is still required

Management is concerned about the practice of estimators and PMs inflating cost estimates. To deal with this practice in a positive way, management has told you that you will be allowed contingency reserve if you can support it with real data. All of the following are true about contingency reserves except:

C. They are not part of your project cost baselines

A. They can be used at the good judgment of the PM

B. They are set up for some risks appearing in the risk registry

D. Approval to draw from it is usually not needed from the sponsor

What are the cost of quality types in modern quality management?

D. Prevention costs – appraisal costs – failure costs

A. Costs of good quality – costs of bad quality

B. Planning costs – performing costs – checking costs – acting cost

C. Planning costs – monitoring costs – control costs

You are creating your project management plan for an international customer service center which includes stakeholder groups from many countries including customers, vendors, and your own organization which is sponsoring the project. You are specifically working with your project team to develop a stakeholder engagement plan. Which of the following is not true?

d. This plan will be shared with all stakeholders.

a. This is a subsidiary plan for your overall project management plan.

b. This describes how your team will manage expectations of stakeholders.

c. This describes how issues will be dealt with and how communication will be conducted.

You are accustomed to your role in managing projects that use a predictive development life cycle, but you have just been assigned to a project that is working in an adaptive environment. How will your role as project manager change?

C. Expectations of you as the project manager will not be changed.

A. Your role will become more of a scheduler of the project.

B. Your role will change to be more of a coach.

D. Your role will change making you more of a follower of the team.

What is the key benefit of the Plan Schedule Management process?

A. It provides guidance and direction on how the project schedule will be managed throughout the project.

B. It defines the logical sequence of work to obtain the greatest efficiency.

C. It decomposes work packages into schedule activities.

D. It provides the amount of time each activity will take to complete.

You have just joined an informal group of people who meet to discuss new trends and issues in project management. The satisfaction that you get from associating with that group is most closely aligned with:

B. The 3rd level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs

C. The 6th level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs

D. The first level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs

As a professional project manager, you have decided to take some training programs in both management skills and leadership skills. It is generally believed that there is a difference between leading and managing. Which of the following is typically considered to be a responsibility associated with managing?

C. Consistently producing key results expected by stakeholders

Which document summarizes the way in which each requirement captures business value:

C. Requirement Traceability Matrix

A. The WBS decomposes the project scope into work packages

B. The Requirements Management Plan

D. The Business Value Dashboard

You are managing a new building project for an organization that has a strong policy supporting sustainability practices. The sponsor for the project has not mentioned any stakeholders, work, or concerns regarding sustainability issues on your project. You would do all of the following except:

D. If conflict exists between the sponsors’ goals and the sustainability policies of the organization, proceed with the sponsors’ goals for now and document the discrepancy in the project lessons learned so that it is resolved before the next project.

A. Make yourself aware of the sustainability issues regarding building construction.

B. Help ensure that the sustainability policies for the organizations new building projects are clear and in alignment with organizational strategies.

C. Validate what organizational governance processes may affect your project.

As the project manager for a major building renovation project you have assembled a project team and have completed the project scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary. You are now gathering information about your organization’s culture, resource availability and skills, risk tolerances, and infrastructure capabilities. These are all inputs to the Plan Schedule Management process and are included under the heading:

D. Enterprise environmental factors

A. Organizational work authorization systems

B. Published commercial information

C. Organizational process assets

The Agile Manifesto was created in 2001 by software developers who wanted to uncover better ways of developing software. Through this work they have come to value all of the following except:

B. Customer collaboration over processes and tools

A. Responding to change over following a plan

C. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

D. Working software over comprehensive documentation

One of the most important factors in successful project management is to determine the needs and expectations of the project stakeholders. In order to ensure clear and concise expectations have been documented, the project manager would generally attempt to build a level of trust among stakeholders, listen to suggestions, and manage resistance to change. The use of these interpersonal skills is associated with the process:

b. Manage stakeholder engagement

You have been assigned to manage an upgrade of your organization’s manufacturing facility. The business case, and a high-level description of the project have been completed and approved. You are preparing for the project kick off meeting. You have completed the major activities of which process group and are now beginning to engage the project team in the activities of what process group?

B. Initiating and charter approval

You are part of a team assessing several different properties to determine which property would be best for the construction of a new plant. One of the properties is owned by a relative of yours. They have offered you a percentage of the sale if you can influence the decision makers to purchase this property. You should ...

A. report the offer to the team, the project sponsor and your company legal representatives

B. Ignore the offer and do not make anyone aware that it has been suggested.

C. remove yourself from the team

D. accept the offer and discreetly find a way to ensure the purchase of the relative’s property

You are leading a project team with people who have been together on a project with you in the past. During your last project you introduced them to the Tuckman ladder of team development. This team previously reached the performing level. Now that you are on a new project, which requires some unique and challenging work, what can you expect about the ladder progression with this project?

A. A team who has worked together in the past may be able to skip a stage.

B. The ladder does not apply to teams who have worked together in the past.

C. Teams who have worked together stay at the top of the ladder permanently.

D. With every new project the progress always follows the same path.

Bob has taken over a project and wants to know what thresholds are used to indicate that a task is late. In other words, does it have to be an hour, a day, or a week late (or forecasted as such) to trigger a project issue. To which document does he refer to find these thresholds?

B. The Schedule Management Plan

A. The Project Schedule Baseline

As project manager, you have been working closely with the sponsor to ensure that all the objectives of the project are well-understood and met. In the course of your weekly meetings, she advises you that success at the portfolio level is measured differently than at the project or program levels. Specifically, it is measured by benefit realization and:

B. Aggregate investment performance

C. Degree of customer satisfaction

You have joined the IT shop of a manufacturing firm as a project manager. One of the reasons you were hired is because you also have a background in agile and the company is seeking to run some projects using that approach. In one of your first sessions you advise management of some of the key roles of Scrum which are that the:

C. Product Owner is responsible for what will be developed; Scrum Master guides the team; development team decides how to deliver what the product owner has asked for.

A. Development team is responsible for what will be developed; Scrum Master is equivalent to a project manager; Product Owner decides how to deliver

B. Product Owner decides how to deliver what the business wants; Scrum Master guides the team; Development team is responsible for what is developed.

D. Scrum Master guides and facilitates; Development team reports directly to the Product Owner; Product Owner decides how to deliver what the business wants

While planning your project, you advise your sponsor that the development approach section of the project management plan must include your choice of life cycle. In this case you and your team have chosen a hybrid model. When she asks you what that means you advise her that it is:

D. A combination of agile and predictive approaches

A. A subset of the agile approach like Scrum

B. A form of progressive elaboration

C. A combination of phase gates and stage gates

While creating your project plan, you come across several small errors in the business plan that you are using to develop the project plan. What is your next step?

A. You contact your project sponsor with what you have identified and request that they manage any corrections to the document so that you can proceed.

B. This looks like something that the PMO needs to make a decision on, so you take the changes to the PMO for their review.

C. You have a good relationship with your project sponsor, and since they are small errors, you make the changes and notify your project sponsor of the changes.

D. You call a meeting of all stakeholders to iron out the changes.

Extreme programming is an agile methodology based on frequent cycles and incorporating practices such as pair programming and test-first programming. When planning, primary practices such as user stories are employed, whereas secondary practices include root cause analysis, daily standups and:

A. Documentation from code and tests

As the buyer in the contract negotiation process, you are interested in a contract that would have the least amount of financial risk to your organization. Which of the following contracts would be preferred to meet your risk averse needs?

C. Cost Plus Percentage of Cost

A project manager is leading an infrastructure development project and is in the process of comparing actual overall project performance against the performance objectives described in the project management plan. Which of the following activities is the project manager least likely to conduct during this process?

A Analyzing individuals or groups affected by the project

B Checking the status of individual project risks

C Providing forecasts to update the current cost and schedule information

D Monitoring implementation of approved changes as they occur

Your project team is in the process of implementing the activities specified in the quality management plan. The scope, schedule, and budget are clear and well defined. Therefore, you manage this project using predictive methods. However, since your next project is agile, you want to start experimenting with some agile practices already in your current project. What can you do to achieve your goal as part of the process performed by the team?

B Encourage continuous stakeholder engagement with the team members

A Suggest that the team use alternative analysis instead of document analysis

C Incorporate team-building activities into product testing and inspection tasks

D Limit stakeholder involvement to shield the team from external distractions

In an effort to get your new project team to be as cohesive as possible, you have been conducting a series of on-site team-building activities. You believe that your efforts have helped team members improve both their interpersonal relationships and the level of trust in the team. What should you do next to determine if your efforts have been successful?

C Conduct team performance assessments

A Monitor the team engagement matrix

D Create a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

A project manager is leading a project to update computer systems. Unfortunately, inadequate training of users on the new system has caused an increase in transaction times. After implementing the risk response, the project manager has collected data on average transaction times, which will be required to assess the effectiveness of the risk response. What should the project manager do next?

D Use technical performance analysis to evaluate the transaction time data

B Update the risk report with the new information

C Report the findings to the stakeholders in accordance with the communications management plan

You gather your project team to examine and document the effectiveness of the implemented risk responses in dealing with the realized risks. As the discussion progresses, it becomes evident that several issues have arisen as the result of the risks that have occurred. Which of the following best describes the activity in which you and your team are involved?

B Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

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1 min • 1 pt

You are analyzing the data in a control chart to determine the variance in a process that has been implemented to reduce the number of defective components produced by a specific business unit. You notice that although none of the charted data points fall outside of the defined control limits, there are seven consecutive points that have been recorded very close to the upper control limit. Which of the following is true about your control chart results?

a. If the data points are not trending upward or downward the process is considered to be in control and monitoring should continue. No other action required.

b. The process is in control.

c. The chart indicates a specific situation that requires investigation and corrective action.

d. The results are inaccurate and precise.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Your team is developing a new process to provide marketing for your company’s new product. There is much uncertainty, complexity, and risk in the development portion, followed by a defined, repeatable rollout phase. You explain to your sponsor that you must record this in the project management plan as your :

A. Development approach, hybrid

B. Development approach, predictive

C. Development management plan, hybrid

D. Development management plan, incremental

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Your project teams work in various locations that are scattered throughout the globe with little opportunity to meet face-to-face. As such, you have set up virtual teams using video communications software in order to enable communications and engage the team. Virtual team meetings are useful for all of the following except:

A. Cultural exchange

B. Knowledge sharing

C. Team building

D. Resolving conflict

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

User stories are short textual descriptions of requirements. They are used to stimulate conversation about what functionality is required. They describe all of the following except:

A. The stakeholder role

B. How long it will take to develop the story

C. What the stakeholder needs to accomplish

D. Who benefits from the feature

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Your team is using a probability impact matrix. The scales on each axis of the matrix are labelled Very High, High, Moderate, Low, and Very Low. Your team is using:

A. An ordinal scale

B. A cardinal scale

C. SWOT analysis

D. Quantitative risk analysis

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You are a project manager working for the software division of an aerospace company and have been doing waterfall projects for many years. Since you are also a certified Scrum Master, you have been asked to oversee several traditional waterfall projects and several scrum teams. You have decided to use a bar (Gantt) chart to track high-level activities across all your teams. The project life cycle you have chosen is called:

A. Predictive, as you are tracking via a bar chart

B. There is not enough information in the question

C. Agile, as its use in some of the projects supersedes waterfall

D. Hybrid, as it incorporates both waterfall and agile

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Project managers must develop skills to get things done. This means developing an understanding of formal and informal structures of all organizations involved in the project. An understanding of power and politics is also required. Understanding all of these elements will assist in improving the project manager's:

A. Formal reporting process

B. Influencing skills

C. Upward communication

D. Writing style

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User stories are short textual descriptions of requirements. They are used to stimulate conversation about what functionality is required. They describe all of the following except:

Your team is using a probability impact matrix. The scales on each axis of the matrix are labelled Very High, High, Moderate, Low, and Very Low. Your team is using:

Which of the following is part of Maslow’s theory on motivation?

Which of the following documents is not used as input for the validate scope process?

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