The following affect the project schedule: the parts for the system are manufactured in another country, shipped by ocean freighter, and need to go through customs before they can be sent to the site. In addition, the site requires some structural renovations before the new system can be installed. Lastly, the external vendor is responsible for integrating the new system with the organization's information system. Which of the following best describes these prerequisites?

Mandatory external dependencies

Mandatory internal dependencies

Discretionary external dependencies

A project manager has taken over a project early in its execution. The company has a policy that specifies the minimum frequency for conducting risk audits on all projects. What should the project manager do to determine the timing of the risk audits for this particular project?

Look in the project management plan

Check the applicable policy in the organizational process assets

Review the risk register for risk audit information

Use discretion to determine when and if a risk audit is needed

When it is most approriate for a Development team to change the definitioan of "Done"

During the Sprint Retros[ective

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box ?

The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time

The event must happen by a given time

The event must take at least a minimum amount of time

The event must happen at a set time

Which Statement best describes the sprint review ?

It is ehen the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next

It is a mechanism to control the Development team's activities during a sprint

It is used to congratulate the Development Team if it dit what it forecast, or to punish the Development Team if it failed to meet its forecast

it is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyonein the organization to check on the work done

How is management exeternal to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Standup ?

The Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Daily Scrum

The Product Owner represents their opinions

The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf

Management gives an update at the start of each Daily Scrum

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Product Owner responsible ?

Participating as a Scrum Team member

Summarizing and reporting the discussions to the stakeholders that he/she represents in the Scrun Team

Capturing requirements for the product Backlog

The product owner should not take part in Sprint Retrospectives

The CEO asks the Development Teaam to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do ?

Inform the product owner so He/She can work with the CEO

Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments

Add the item to the next Sprint

Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal Size

A Sprint Retrospective should be held:

Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one

At the end of the last Sprint in a Project or a release

At the beginning of each Sprint

Halfway into a software development project, your most experienced programmer resigns leaving only two programmers.The previously planned response to this risk is to acquire a programmer from another project manager, with whom you are not well acquainted. What is the best way for you to handle this situation?

Escalate to the project sponsor

Ask the remaining two programmers to work overtime to cover the gap

Use your authority as a project manager and demand the release of the other programmer

An agile team is developing a product for a customer. In the last few iterations, the team members spent extra hourscreating product documentation and reviewing the contracts with the customer. How would the team's time been better spent?

Creating the product increment and working with the product owner

Reporting the extra hours in the company's time and attendance tools

Building features according to the initial project management plan

Developing functionality as requested by the project sponsor

You are preparing for an upcoming software development project. The project will be initiated and planned using apredictive approach, while the development team will use Kanban. A budget has been established for training, and you need to determine how to allocate those funds. What is your best course of action?

Train the team on how to best prioritize the features to be developed

Provide training to transform T-shaped people into I-shaped people

Deliver training to convert I-shaped people into T-shaped people

To promote sustainable development

A project manager is introducing agile values to a newly formed team. The team is assigned to develop a new softwareapplication using the eXtreme Programming (XP) method. The project manager explains that agile approaches are value-driven in two ways: one way is focusing on features that provide the highest value to the customer. Which of the following did the project manager most likely mention as another way of agile approaches, unique to XP, tobe value-driven?

Endorse courage, respect, and communication

Promote the company's success and prosperity

Respect practitioners from different cultures

Encourage use of the best technology

An agile team has been working overtime for the last few iterations. The project manager has decided that from now on theteam should maintain a 40-hour work week. What is the most likely reason behind the project manager's decision?

To promote sustainable development

To maximize the amount of work not done

To minimize the amount of work in progress

To deliver working software frequently

Four developers have been acquired with a time and materials contract on a software development project. Duringproject execution, the project manager notices that the developers work fewer hours than anticipated, resulting in theproject to fall behind schedule. The project manager contracts two more developers, who help bring the project back ontrack. What should the project manager do after adding the contractors to the team?

Revise the project team assignments documentation

Invoke a disciplinary action against the four developers

Perform individual and team assessments

After three iterations, a demo version of a new mobile app is demonstrated to end-users. The users complain that the app's security features are too complicated and would deter them from using it. The project manager realizes that modifications to the security features will require substantial rework that was not accounted for during risk identificationand planning. What should the project manager do now?

Submit a change request and ask the product owner to refine the product backlog

Instruct the team to modify security features to make the application more user-friendly

Suggest that the team proceed with the development according to the original plan

Cease all project work to avoid any further damage to the company's reputation

As a project manager, you are in the initiation stage of a new project. You are currently preparing for a meeting to conducta benefit analysis with relevant stakeholders to validate project alignment with organizational goals and expected business value. What should the project manager do to prepare for the meeting?

Examine the project business documents

Review the project management plan

Read the stakeholder engagement plan

Study the project alignment plan

Team members are frequently changing during the long timeline of a multi-phase project. The project manager is questioning whether to include agile practices to accommodate the changes. What should the project manager do prior to moving to a hybrid approach?

Evaluate the benefits of incorporating agile practices

Ensure project finances are secured for the next project phase

Reduce the team size to nine people, plus or minus two

Target a smaller project as a proof of concept to test the feasibility

You are the project manager for a consulting firm. After obtaining formal acceptance and receiving final payment, you arepreparing the final project report. The report includes an assessment of whether the results achieved the benefits that the project was undertaken to address. You have already collected the performance results, and you now need to gain a better understanding of the intended project benefits. What should you do next to accomplish this objective?

Look at the agreements with the client

Survey relevant project stakeholders

Review the procurement management plan

A project team member ran an earned value analysis (EVA) report that showed an unexpected spike in actual costs overthe last three weeks. The team member showed the report to the project manager and based on her analysis presents four possible reasons for the spike. Which reason is most probable?

Soaring steel prices have impacted the fixed price with economic price adjustments procurement contracts

There was a strike at the loading dock which delayed many needed steel shipments until today

Fewer employees are showing up for work the past two weeks causing a backlog of unfinished work

Much higher than expected quarterly bonuses were given to executives during that three week period

In a meeting with all the project managers of a department-wide improvement program, the program manager states the program’s mission and authority relationships. As one of the project managers attending the meeting, what do the mission and authority relationships represent to your project?

Enterprise environmental factors

As part of project initiation, the project manager reviews the business case, creates the stakeholder register, and helps the sponsor with the development of the project charter. What else should the project manager do before moving on to project planning?

Conduct benefits analysis with relevant stakeholders

Develop the stakeholder engagement plan

Send bid documents to prospective sellers

Determine the project budget and develop the schedule

A project manager wants to incorporate a continuous improvement approach throughout project execution. Which of the following actions is the project manager least likely to take?

Holding a retrospective meeting at the end of the project

Setting up a plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle

Including a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt on the project team

Encouraging the team to use a Deming cycle

A construction project has experienced weather-related delays as well as performance issues with several key vendors, and the risk responses have been implemented with varying degrees of success. A senior executive has asked the project manager for an update on the current overall project risk exposure. What should the project manager do?

Make sure the risk report is updated and provide it to the senior executive

Provide the senior executive a copy of the updated risk register

Refer the senior executive to the risk management plan

Send an updated copy of the risk exposure report to the senior executive

You are leading an infrastructure development project, which is about halfway complete. In accordance with the risk management plan, you hold regular risk review meetings. Which of the following are you least likely to do during this meeting?

Discuss the merits of a request submitted to modify the risk management plan

Examine and document the effectiveness of risk responses

Identify secondary risks that arise from risk responses

You are thirteen weeks into a project that was planned to be completed in one year. From a schedule perspective, one-quarter of the work has already been completed. Based on earned schedule theory, what is your best course of action?

Continue to monitor progress to ensure the project stays on track

Submit a change request to revise the schedule baseline

Perform a reserve analysis to determine if there are adequate schedule reserves to cover the shortfall

Crash the schedule to bring the schedule back into alignment with project goals

Per organizational policy, vendors should be selected by an evaluation committee. The project manager schedules a meeting to discuss the proposals submitted by prospective vendors but, based on past experience, is concerned that the committee members may have preconceived opinions about which vendor should be selected based on personal preferences and relationships. What is the best course of action for the project manager to select a vendor in this situation?

Remove vendors' identifying information from their proposals and let the committee evaluate the proposals against the source selection criteria

Hold the meeting as scheduled and let the committee evaluate the vendors' proposals against the source selection criteria

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor since preconceived opinions of the committee members are outside the control of the project manager

Cancel the meeting to avoid bias and select the vendor based on the merits of the proposals and the source selection criteria

A project manager is in the process of obtaining the necessary equipment, materials, and supplies for a prototype development project. The project will require the use of the performing organization's industrial 3D printer, and the project manager has just learned that it is currently committed to another project for the next three days. What should the project manager do first?

Document the printer's availability in the resource calendar

Negotiate with the other project manager to have exclusive access to the printer

Submit a change request to update the schedule baseline

Purchase another 3D printer to avoid any potential scheduling conflicts

A project is divided into four sequential phases. The second phase of the project has just been completed, and the third phase is about to begin. What should the project manager do first?

Perform the process of identifying the project stakeholders

Begin the process of directing and managing the project work

Start the process of monitoring and controlling the project work

Begin the process of developing the project management plan

To create a schedule model for project execution and monitoring and controlling, you analyze activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints. What would be the most likely outcome of the process you are performing?

Monte Carlo probability distribution

On a project you are managing, you have been unable to obtain landlord approvals to install cable at various retail locations. You just learned about a project undertaken by your organization in the past that faced similar issues. If you had been aware of them during project planning, you could have taken proactive steps to avoid or mitigate the problems on your project. What might have been done differently to incorporate the knowledge gained from the previous project into your project?

Improved utilization of the organizational knowledge base

Development of more comprehensive risk response plans

Better communication between project managers within the company

Utilization of a lessons learned register for your project

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1 min • 1 pt

While reviewing the issue log of the project you are leading, you suspect there is a pattern of errors and defects. You and your project team want to determine the causes and frequency of these errors and defects in the system. In particular,you are interested in identifying and ranking the vital few sources that are responsible for causing the majority of the problems. Which of the following tools will help you the most?

Run chart

Scatter diagram

Pareto chart

Fishbone diagram

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The project is developing an update to a software tool. There have been a series of changes made to the product, and more changes are expected. Correspondingly, engineers on the team are modifying documentation frequently to reflect the changes. What is the best course of action to ensure engineers are working on the most current version of documentation?

Audit the documentation daily to ensure the correctness of the information

Ensure that the requirements documentation has the current date on the header

Assign an accountable engineer to validate all changes and update project plans

Maintain a configuration management system and communicate appropriately

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Midway into project execution, a buyer has informed the seller that starting the next month, the payments will be released at the beginning, instead of the end, of each month. The seller welcomes the change as it would be beneficial for their company. What should the seller do?

Do nothing as the change is beneficial

Provide the deliverables at the beginning of each month

Update the procurement management plan

Ask the buyer to issue a change request to the contract

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As part of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process, the project manager has just finalized the stakeholder engagement plan. What should the project manager do next?

Create the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

Submit a change request to update the project management plan

Create the stakeholder register

Finalize the project management plan and have it approved

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You are planning a project to upgrade the software for your company's retail point-of-sale system. You need to assign an approximate value to the investment that will be required for the project. After finishing the necessary analysis using a bottom-up approach, you are forecasting that a $50,000 investment will be needed for the project plus an additional $5,000 for a contingency reserve, and $5,000 as a management reserve. What have you created in this scenario?

Scope baseline

Cost management plan

Cost performance index

Cost estimates

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A project manager is planning a technology development project and is trying to determine if it is best to produce the software using internal resources or purchase the product from an outside source. What tool or technique will be most useful for the project manager?

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

Product analysis

Make-or-buy analysis

Reserve analysis

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You are managing a project that is nearing completion. You have asked one of your team members to collect status reports from your six vendors and add them to the lessons learned register and project management information system so that your project team can use these status reports for continuous improvement purposes. What process are you in?

Manage Communications

Control Procurements

Conduct Procurements

Close Procurements

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