WorksheetsQuiziz Week 2 Day 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After some of the project deliverables have been produced, the program manager transfers two of your project team members to a higher priority project and provides you with replacements. The new team members, however, lack the experience to properly fill in the roles. You realize that the performance measurement baseline is no longer attainable. Which of the following actions will you have to take? (Choose four)
a)
Submit a change request to modify the project baselines
b)
Revise the project team assignments to align with the staffing changes
c)
Update the lessons learned repository to reflect any new best practices
d)
Document the new team members' lack of experience in the issue log
e)
Record any knowledge gained in the lessons learned register
2.
Early into a project, the project manager is frustrated with the slow progress the project team is making. Which of the following theories or models may alleviate his frustrations by clarifying how a team develops throughout the project?
a)
Theory X
b)
Hierarchy of needs
c)
Three needs theory
d)
Tuckman ladder
3.
During a sprint planning meeting, the scrum team is arguing over 115 story points' worth of user stories that the product owner is pushing to be completed in the upcoming sprint. However, the development team’s average velocity is only 100 story points. Who makes the final decision on how many story points will be targeted for completion during a sprint?
a)
The project manager
b)
The development team
c)
The scrum master
d)
The product owner
4.
The project is behind schedule. A team member thinks activity A needs more resources, while another wants the resources added to activity B. A third team member suggests a compromise by adding resources to both activities and recovering a week from each. The project manager ends the discussion and makes the unilateral decision to run activities D and E in parallel instead of sequentially. Which conflict management technique is the project manager using to resolve the issue?
a)
Force or direct
b)
Compromise
c)
Crashing
d)
Fast tracking
5.
After a few successful iterations, agile team members hold a planning meeting for their next sprint. Which of the following would be a result of this meeting?
a)
A working product increment
b)
An activity list and a project schedule network diagram
c)
A prioritized list of product backlog items
d)
A list of work items to be completed in the next sprint
6.
You are leading a project that is about to transition from a predictive phase to an agile phase. You want to ensure the proper application of best practices for the identified project management framework. As it pertains to accountability, what is the best strategy for the transition?
a)
Present the prioritized product backlog to the development team members during iteration planning and allow
them to manage the work
b)
Create a robust RACI chart that includes all of the relevant stakeholders and ensure that only one name is listed as "accountable"
c)
Develop a prioritized product backlog and assign each user story to a team member who is the most qualified to develop its content
d)
Ensure that the work packages are decomposed down to the activity level, and only one individual is accountable for each task
7.
In the absence of the project sponsor, you are leading a meeting with key stakeholders to aid in the development of the project charter. At the beginning of the meeting, a stakeholder stalls the meeting insisting on discussing an omission in the business case. With the meeting at an impasse, what is your best course of action?
a)
Update the business case as necessary and proceed with the meeting
b)
Postpone further discussion on the omission and move on to other items on the agenda
c)
Submit a change request to document the omission in the project charter
d)
Dismiss the participants, and reschedule the meeting once the sponsor is available
8.
A project manager is leading a project to install self-service kiosks. After a bidder conference, one of the prospective vendors asks the project manager if a WIFI connection is required to establish connectivity with the kiosks. The project manager realizes that the WIFI is indeed required but was not discussed at the conference nor was it part of the bid documents. What is the best course of action for the project manager?
a)
Thank the vendor for raising this point and let this vendor know that WIFI access should be delivered
b)
Send a formal letter to all prospective vendors clarifying that WIFI access is part of the bid
c)
Hold another bidder conference with all prospective vendors to clarify the WIFI requirement
d)
Ignore the question as no additional clarifications are allowed after the conference has been concluded
9.
While checking the resource calendars, you see that the company's 3D printer is reserved for another project manager during the same time that you need the printer to create a prototype for your project. You speak with the other project manager and offer to provide him with a member of your project team to complete his project sooner. This solution will free up the printer in time for you to keep your project on schedule. You both see this solution as a win-win. What tool or technique are you using to gain timely access to the printer?
a)
Control Resources
b)
Prototype
c)
Soft skills
d)
Win-win technique
10.
A development team is working through one of the sprints planned for their agile project. A stakeholder approaches the scrum master wondering why a certain feature was removed from the last sprint, what features are planned to be delivered in the next sprint, and how the money is being spent on the project. What is the best course of action for the scrum master to take in this situation?
a)
Advise the stakeholder to consult the project burndown charts
b)
Refer the stakeholder to the team members to get the information
c)
Recommend that the stakeholder talk to the product owner
d)
Provide the requested information at the daily stand-up meeting
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