WorksheetsAtoha PMP lesson 9
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 22mins
A _______________ include(s) fire, theft, or injury, and offer(s) no chance for gain.
Business risks
Pure risks
Risk acceptance
Life risks
A risk trigger is also called which of the following?
A warning sign
A delay
A cost increase
An incremental advancement of risk
A team member has been late to several recent team meetings, and the last two deliverables he submitted were not acceptable. The project manager decides he can no longer wait for things to improve and must address the issue with the team member. What is the best form of communication for addressing this problem?
Formal written communication
Formal verbal communication
Informal written communication
Informal verbal communication
A project manager overhears a conversation between two stakeholders who are discussing how unhappy they are with the impacts of the project on their own departments. Stakeholder A asks if the project is on time, and stakeholder B replies that the SPI is 1.05. Stakeholder A asks if the project manager for the project knows of stakeholder B's concern. Stakeholder B responds that he is not sure. What is the best thing for the project manager to do?
Make sure the stakeholders are aware that the project manager overheard. Then ask them to direct any questions to the project manager in writing.
Make a presentation to all the stakeholders regarding the status of the project.
Send both stakeholders a copy of the issue log, and ask for additional comments.
Arrange a meeting with both stakeholders to allow them to voice any concerns they may have.
When managing a change-driven project, how do you ideally want any coding errors to be identified and corrected?
The QA team finds the errors during alpha testing.
The developers find the errors in automated unit testing.
The customer finds the errors when reviewing the product increment.
The users find the errors on the first day of release.
Standard deviation is a measure of:
How far the estimate is from the highest estimate
How far the measurement is from the mean
How correct the sample is
How much time remains in the project
A control chart shows seven data points in a row on one side of the mean. What should the project manager do?
Perform a design of experiments.
Adjust the chart to reflect the new mean.
Find an assignable cause.
Nothing. This is the rule of seven and can be ignored.
There are several executing activities underway on your project. You are beginning to get concerned about the accuracy of the progress reporting your team members are doing. How could you verify whether there is a problem?
Perform a quality audit.
Create risk quantification reports.
Perform regression analysis.
Perform Monte Carlo analysis.
At various points during project execution, the project manager reviews the project charter. Which of the following best describes what a project charter may be used for when the work is being completed?
To make sure all the team members are rewarded
To help determine if a scope change should be approved
To assess the effectiveness of the change control system
To make sure that all the documentation on the project is completed
To help them determine the schedule baseline, the team has drafted a network diagram. The project manager adds the time estimates for each activity to establish a critical path for the project. They discover the project has three critical paths. Which of the following best describes how this discovery will affect the project?
It makes it easier to manage.
It increases the project risk.
It requires more people.
It makes it more expensive.
A project manager is in the middle of executing a large construction project when he discovers the time needed to complete the project is longer than the time available. What is the best thing to do?
Cut product scope.
Meet with management, and tell them the required date cannot be met.
Work overtime
Determine options for schedule compression, and present management with the recommended option.
You are having difficulty estimating the cost of a project. Which of the following best describes the most probable cause of your difficulty?
Inadequate scope definition
Unavailability of desired resources
Lack of historical records from previous projects
Lack of company processes
Which of the following is an advantage of a time and material contract?
A time and material contract is less work for the buyer to manage.
The seller has a strong incentive to control costs.
The total price is known.
Negotiations are less extensive.
When would it be worthwhile for your agile team to take the time to develop a set of personas for the project?
When they need to document a complex web of requirements
When they want to stay focused on what the users really need
When delivering maximum business value is their top priority
When the priorities of external stakeholders conflict with those of internal stakeholders
For a long-term infrastructure project, the project manager must acquire suppliers with the lowest possible risk due to the global business climate. What type of contract should the project manager use?
Firm fixed price (FFP)
Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF)
Fixed price with economic price adjustment (FP-EPA)
Cost plus fixed fee (CPFF)
During project implementation, a functional manager asks to include additional functionality that will benefit the customer. What should the project manager do?
Immediately implement the change to satisfy the customer.
Engage the stakeholders to obtain their agreement.
Refer the request to the project sponsor and the steering committee.
Submit the request to the change control board (CCB).
During the planning phase of a project, the project manager learns that the financial director, a key stakeholder, will be unavailable for three weeks. What should the project manager do first?
Update the issue log and notify the other stakeholders
Move forward with planning and accept the impact the change may have on the project schedule.
Meet with the sponsor to evaluate the situation and identify alternatives.
Ask the finance department to provide a replacement during the director's absence.
Signs of a potential economic recession were present during the planning stages of a large construction project. The risk of the recession was assigned as low probability and high impact, with an expected duration of 6-12 months. Soon after the project begins, the recession occurs and impacts the project as expected. After six months, the duration of the recession's impact is changed to 24-36 months. What should the project manager do?
Extend the project duration by 12-24 months.
Update the risk register.
Extend the project duration by 24-36 months.
Borrow additional working capital.
Which is the best elicitation technique to use when your project team wants to facilitate a discussion with a certain set of users to get a better understanding on how they might use your project’s product?
Document analysis
Focus group
Benchmarking
Plurality
A project team is reviewing the requirements documentation that they are responsible for working on. Which project artifact can they reference to see the connection between the requirements and the business and project objectives?
Requirements traceability matrix
RACI chart
Project charter
Scope management plan
The project manager informs the project sponsor that the project management plan will continuously increase in the level of detail as the project moves forward. In project management, what is this process known as?
Life cycle
Progressive elaboration
Resource planning
Scope creep
In which of the following situations would brainstorming be an appropriate technique?
Conflict resolution
Sprint reviews and demos
Identifying and prioritizing options
Running a standup meeting
Which of the following is not a technique for estimation?
Planning poker
T-shirt sizing
Product box
Modified Fibonacci
What is the difference between avoiding a threat and mitigating it?
Avoid means to reduce the impact or probability; mitigate means to change the management plan to remove the risk.
Avoid means to outsource the work to remove the risk; mitigate means to reduce the impact or probability.
Avoid means to change the management plan to remove the risk; mitigate means to reduce the impact or probability.
Avoid means to change the management plan to remove the risk; mitigate means to accept the impact or probability.
Which of the following is an agile method to prioritize project objectives, features, user stories, and tasks?
Information radiator
Planning poker
First in, first out
MoSCoW analysis
A business is unclear on the direction and when features are to be expected for an agile-managed project. What project artifact helps communicate the goals, milestones, and potential deliverables, releases, or other work outputs?
Product roadmap
Project charter
Requirements documentation
Configuration management plan
What is a primary component used for integrating the project management plan?
Outputs of the planning processes
When the product will be phased out
When the project will be chartered
Administrative duties of the project manager
A project manager receives a project requirement that is out of scope but is not defined in project exclusions. What should the project manager do?
Submit a change request to the change control board (CCB).
Exclude the new requirement from the project scope.
Accept the new requirement as part of the project scope.
Validate the new requirement with all project stakeholders.
A project manager is working on a critical project for which historical data is unavailable. This may put the project at risk. What should the project manager do?
Develop a risk management plan and inform key stakeholders about the risks involved.
Plan project execution based on stakeholders' risk appetites.
Inform the sponsor of the risk involved, then continue with project delivery.
Develop the project management plan to identify and prioritize opportunities and threats.
After the kickoff meeting for an industrial project, the assigned project manager must lead the team in analyzing project risks. As team members are distributed in 6 countries, which risk analysis method is best used in this situation?
Checklist analysis
Interviewing
The Delphi technique
Brainstorming
