SKN MANAGER

Which project documents can determine the budget?

• Procurement documents, contracts, requirements documentation, and basis of estimates
• Basis of estimates, cost estimates, project schedule, and risk register
• Business case, project charter, statement of work, and cost estimates
• Scope baseline, resource management plan, activity list, and assumption log

When managing costs in an agile environment, what should a project manager consider?

• Lightweight estimation methods can be used as changes arise
• Agile environments make cost aggregation more difficult
• Agile environments make projects more costly and uncertain
• Detailed cost calculations benefit from frequent changes

Which statement describes the Monitor Communications process?

• Evaluates the differences between the communications management plan and the reality of communications in a project
• Ensures that the information needs of the project and the stakeholders are met
• Ensures that project information is created, collected, and distributed in a timely and appropriate manner
• Develops an appropriate and plan for communication of project activities

Which tasks should a project manager accomplish in order to manage project scope correctly?

• Define, Validate, and Control Scope; Control Schedule; Control Costs and Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
• Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Develop Schedule, and Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
• Plan Scope Management; Collect Requirements; Define, Validate, and Control Scope; and Create WBS.
• Define, Validate, and Control Scope; Control Costs; Manage Stakeholder Engagement; and keep budget under control.

In a preliminary meeting for a project, team members decide to execute the project with agile methodology. A finance team member wants to know how project cost will be determined at this early stage. How will the project team determine project cost?

• Use a lightweight cost estimation due to the nature of agile projects
• Use a detailed cost estimation for agile projects
• Retrieve a budget from a previous project and create a baseline for this project based on it
• Use a detailed work breakdown structure (WBS) to get cost estimation

Which of the following lists represents the outputs of the Monitor Communications process?

• Project communications, project management plan updates, project documents updates, and organizational process assets updates
• Work performance information, change requests, project management plan updates, and project documents updates
• Communications management plan, project management plan updates, work performance report, and project documents update
• Stakeholder engagement plan, change requests, project management plan updates, and project documents updates

A project team member is estimating the cost of an activity and is checking documentation from previous similar projects. Which estimation method is the project manager using to complete this task?

• Bottom-up estimating
• Three-point estimating
• Analogous estimating
• Parametric estimating

Which are inputs for the Plan Quality Management process?

• Quality metrics, project documents, and financial performance
• Quality management plan, project documents, and quality metrics
• Project management plan, project documents, and organizational process assets
• Project management plan, quality metrics, and project documents

The project manager needs to manage a critical issue immediately, and this requires action from the upper management of a specific stakeholder group. Which plan should the project manager consult?

• Risk management plan
• Communications management plan
• Change management plan
• Stakeholder engagement plan

During what project management process does the project team begin identifying risks?

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling