PMP Team Quiz

A project manager leaves the company and is replaced. The new project manager is excited to start guiding the team toward project success. 
  
What should the new project manager do first?

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  Try the new Pizza Burger at the Cafeteria before it’s gone!

• Modify the project schedule, adding a new activity related to the knowledge transfer process.

• Revisit the project budget and schedule to determine if extra time is required.

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  Review the project charter to identify goals and deliverables.

Answer explanation

The first thing a new project manager should do is to understand the project charter which outlines the project's goals and deliverables. This will help guide them in further decision making and planning. While revisiting the budget, schedule, and transferring knowledge are important, they come after understanding the basic framework of the project.

Which organizational structure is a combination of all the types of organizations?

• Matrix

• Hybrid

• Depends on the eye of the beholder

• Offices with great cafeterias

Answer explanation

The correct answer to the question is 'Matrix'. A matrix organization structure combines the characteristics of various types of organizations. It typically involves a combination of functional and project-oriented structures, allowing for the benefits of both.

A Project Manager receives the following for a new project:
 
-assumptions
-restrictions
-preliminary scope
 
After receiving this information, what should the Project Manager do first?

• Take 15 minutes break so he doesn’t get stressed by upper Management.

• Review and understand the business case and project goals.

• Take a 30 minute nap, no more.

• Build the project schedule and determine the critical path.

Answer explanation

The Project Manager should first review and understand the business case and project goals. This is the correct option because it allows them to understand the project's context and its objectives, which are essential for making decisions about the assumptions, restrictions, and preliminary scope.

A week prior to the project kick-off call, a Project Manager meets with a key project resource to gain a deeper understanding of how complex the project deliverables are.
 
The resource expresses concern and worry regarding the deliverables.
 
What should the Project Manager do to ensure that the deliverables are realistic?

• Pick another Project and ignore that one for a little while.

• Perform a feasibility study, and then assess the results.

• Probably someone will cancel it. Request PTO ASAP.

• Identify threats and preventive actions by conducting a risk assessment.

Senior management asked you to consider the types of organizational structures and working styles that might be followed at your development company that builds homes for low-income families, and the possible impact on the project you will be managing.  Your organization has departments for donations, construction, marketing, volunteers, and finance.  But before you start working on it, you need to verify your knowledge on the organizational structures and functions.

In addition to the departments listed in the scenario, your company also has a manager of project management to oversee all of the ongoing projects.  As one of the project managers, you report directly to the project management department but share staff with other departments.  What type of organizational structure does this describe?

• A difficult one.

• Projectized

• Matrix

• Functional

A new product development project is to be initiated in a difficult business context. Competition is driving prices down, and supply costs are rising. 
 
Why would an agile incremental project approach be the safest choice in this context? 

• It reduces the team size and eliminates communication bottlenecks.

• It accelerates delivery of business value and minimizes risk of irrelevancy.

• It provides stringent methods to reduce cost of quality and conformity.

• It ensures that the project can be cancelled at any time without loss.

A project team is worried about product packaging and presentation. They receive a lot of negative feedback about this during iteration demos. 

How can the team improve their chances of customer acceptance?

• Use Christmas wrapping.

   

• Revise the definition of done (DoD) with the customer.

• Look through the customer’s social media accounts and perform a qualitative analysis of customer attitudes towards packaging.

• Put the Customer on Time Out.

Which of the following describes the most common phase-to-phase relationship in multi-phase projects?

• Finish-to-start

• Overlapping

• Sequential

• Non-overlapping

As the project team gains a better understanding of the value their product might deliver, they are excited to make the product a reality.  Due to the volume of features and work required, the project team decides to deliver incrementally.  What are some benefits to this strategy?  (Choose three)

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  Enables the end users to provide feedback.

• Allows the team to discard or ignore challenging work.

• Allows progress to be realized.

• Creates a sense of urgency to deliver part of a solution.

Choose the organizational structure where the authority of the project manager is the highest.

• Functional

• Anya, Susie, Ian & Jeanne

• Project-oriented

• Matrix