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The Communications Management Plan should contain the following:

A.

Selection of appropriate media to meet specific needs

B.

Communications policy

C.

All of the other alternatives apply

D.

Communications media

E.

Reporting channels

A project manager believes that the best way to manage is to form a good, harmonious working relationship with the team, and high performance will follow. The project manager could be defined as a _____ manager.

A.

1,9

B.

9,1

C.

1,1

D.

9,9

E.

5,5

Which of the following is an input to Collect Requirements?

A.

Stakeholder register

B.

Requirements documentation

C.

Prototypes

D.

Organizational process assets

The project charter:

A.

Establishes that organizational structure with the project.

B.

Expresses upper management commitment to the project.

C.

Provides that authority by which the project will be run.

D.

Specifies overall objectives and timeframe of the project.

E.

All of the other alternatives apply.

Based on the following metrics: EV=$20,000, AC=$22,000 and PV=$28,000, what is the project CV?

A.

-$8,000

B.

-$2,000

C.

$2,000

D.

$8,000

An Ishikawa or fishbone diagram is used for which of the following?

A.

Identifying causes of risks

B.

Identifying frequency of occurrence of risks

C.

Developing a resource plan

D.

Developing schedule

Project contracts generally fall into which of the following three broad categories?

A.

Fixed-price, cost reimbursable, time and materials

B.

Make-or-buy, margin analysis, fixed-price

C.

Time and materials, fixed-price, margin analysis

D.

Make-or-buy, lump-sum, cost-plus-incentive

The project manager and project sponsor are discussing the project costs and whether it is better to have their own company do part of the project or hire another company to do the work. If they asked for your opinion, you might say it would be better to do the work yourself if:

A.

There is a lot of proprietary data.

B.

You have the expertise, but you do not have the available manpower.

C.

You do not need control over the work.

D.

Your company resources are limited.

A project has seven activities: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Activities A, B, and D can start anytime. Activity A takes 3 weeks, Activity B takes 5 weeks, and Activity D takes 11 weeks. Activities A and B must be completed before Activity C can start. Activity C requires 6 weeks to complete. Activities B, C, and D must be completed before Activity E can start. Activity E requires 2 weeks. Activity F takes 4 weeks and can start as soon as Activity C is completed. Activity E must be completed before Activity G starts. Activity G requires 3 weeks. Activities F and G must be completed for the project to be completed.

Which activities have float available?

A.

Activity A has two weeks’ float, activity F has one week.

B.

Activity F has one-week float.

C.

There is no float available in the project.

D.

Activity A has eight weeks’ float.

You have assembled your thoughts into a message. As you pass this information to a second party, you are giving this person you’re:

A.

Input and Data

B.

Feedback

C.

Data

D.

Output

E.

Input

The critical path in a schedule network is the path that:

A.

Takes the longest time to complete

B.

Allows some flexibility in scheduling a start time.

C.

Is not affected by schedule slippage

D.

Must be done before any other tasks

E.

All of the other alternatives apply.

You are a project manager for Giraffe Enterprises. You've recently taken over for a project manager who lied about his PMI certification and was subsequently fired. Unfortunately, he did a poor job of scope definition.

Which of the following could happen if you don't correct this?

A.

The project costs could increase, there might be rework, and schedule delays might result.

B.

The project management plan's process for verification and acceptance of the deliverables needs to be updated as a result of the poor scope definition.

C.

The poor scope definition will adversely affect the creation of the work breakdown structure, and costs will increase.

D.

The stakeholders will require overtime from the project team to keep the project on schedule.

Which of the following is an example of the simplest fixed-price contract?

A.

Purchase requisition

B.

Purchase order

C.

Verbal agreement

D.

Request for quote

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) should be considered as a:

A.

guide to project management processes, tools and techniques.

B.

methodology for managing projects.

C.

guide for project, portfolio and program management.

D.

standard for project, portfolio and program management.

A computer tape which contains historical project information is called ____ tape.

A.

Database

B.

Archive.

C.

Lessons learned.

D.

Baseline.

E.

Life cycle summary.