Worksheets2023S Review Questions 4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
The project manager arranges a meeting to ensure that stakeholders understand that the project's expected business value aligns with the organization's strategy. What key areas should be reviewed in a project kick-off meeting?
a)
Cost, schedule, risks, and WBS
b)
Goals, objectives, benefits, and risks
c)
Benefits, effort, and resources
d)
Schedule, benefits, and WBS
2.
The project manager has documented a new risk and its impact. If not resolved immediately, the risk will jeopardize the success of the project .The resources necessary to address the risk are working on another critical project. What should the project manager do?
a)
Negotiate a solution with the functional manager and project sponsor
b)
Outsource the resources necessary to address the risk
c)
Modify the project schedule based on the highest three-point estimate of the impact
d)
Meet with the project sponsor to request more resources and a delay in the schedule
3.
A project manager joins the planning phase of a global project that has a fixed budget and a tight deadline. The project manager needs to prevent any scope creep to ensure that the product is delivered on time and meets requirements. What should the project manager do?
a)
Define a scope baseline and route any changes through a formal approval process.
b)
Review the business case to understand the economic feasibility of the project scope.
c)
Manage any changes to the scope progressively and approve changes for each deliverable as they are developed.
d)
Create a communications management plan that prevents stakeholders from interacting directly with the project team.
4.
A team is working on a project using a hybrid approach, and they are facing a lot of obstacles and blockers from some stakeholders. What should the project manager do to improve project performance?
a)
Add blockers to the issue log and risk management plan.
b)
Ask stakeholders to communicate with the project manager and not directly with the team.
c)
Empower the team members to remove obstacles and blockers.
d)
Address and remove obstacles and blockers for the team.
5.
A new sponsor is assigned to a project. The project manager has discovered there is incorrect information in the project charter. What should the project manager do?
a)
Call a project team meeting to rectify the problem.
b)
Review the business case documents for the project.
c)
Request sponsor approval of a corrected project charter.
d)
Submit a change request form to change the original project charter.
6.
An engineering company is implementing a project to produce a product similar to a previous product. Details of the component work packages have been defined and constraints for each component have been identified. Management would like to obtain the most precise estimate possible for the duration of the project. Which estimating technique should the project manager use?
a)
Analogous
b)
Three-point
c)
Bottom-up
d)
Reserve analysis
7.
A project team member successfully completed all the tasks for which the team member was responsible. Now the functional manager asks the project manager to assign the team member to a similar project. What should the project manager do?
a)
Ask the functional manager for a checklist of tasks to be performed on the new project.
b)
Ask the team member to train a replacement for the original project.
c)
Identify a different team member that the functional manager should assign to the other project.
d)
Direct the team member to update the lessons learned register.
8.
A new project manager is assigned to replace a project manager who has resigned. During the initial assessment of project documentation, the new project manager discovers that the risk register has not been updated for several weeks. Why should the project manager's next step be to consult the risk management plan?
a)
To determine how often risks have emerged in the past.
b)
To understand how the previous manager prioritized risks.
c)
To learn how often the risk register must be updated.
d)
To ascertain the level of uncertainty acceptable for the project.
9.
A deliverable for a technology project requires the customer's end users to upgrade the security on their computers. Not all the end users have completed the upgrade, which is a threat to successful project completion. What should the project manager do?
a)
Escalate the issue to the appropriate stakeholders for them to address the risk.
b)
Perform a qualitative risk analysis to assess the impact of the delay on the project.
c)
Meet with the all users to explain the importance of upgrade.
d)
Submit a change request to extend the project schedule until all end user computers are upgraded.
10.
An organization hires a project manager experienced with hybrid to improve the organization’s efficiency in delivering projects. The organization currently follows the waterfall approach, completing a task before conducting any quality analysis. How should the project manager begin improving the organization’s processes?
a)
Maintain processes on active projects, implementing agile approaches in new projects.
b)
Task one of the team members to manage quality analysis in the current projects.
c)
Work with the project management office (PMO) to develop process improvements for all active and future projects.
d)
Work with the project team members to learn the various interdependencies and why the current processes are in place.
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