01 Small Exam

A project has been terminated and the project manager is working on closing out the procurements. Where will he find the information to terminate the procurements?

A project is scheduled for completion in 4 months, and costing $100,000. If at the end of second month, the project spent $50,000 and the earned value is $60,000, then the corresponding CPI is:

Dealing with complex issues should be formally written

In the Tuckman ladder model, the stage where the teams learn to trust each other is:

Risks should be identified when?

The customer has accepted the completed project deliverables. The project manager is completing the remainder of the lessons learned documentation to submit to the PMO. What is the status of the project?

The financing department is calling about a series of procurements that the project manager wants closed. The accountant is asking why procurements are being closed out when the project only started a few days ago. He wants to close the procurements when the project is complete. What is true about closing procurements and the closing the project?

The project manager is asking for a report which shows actual results versus planned results. Which report will provide this information?

The team is having a meeting about the last months work. What order does work performance get changed from measurements to forms useful to the project stakeholders?

The team is meeting regarding a new feature that another part of the company is using. This feature is not referenced in the project scope. What is this known as?

What is the definition of decomposition?

You and your assistant are working on a chart to present to management about the allocation of resources during the first two months of a four month project. What is the best tool to do this?

You are a project manager for growing software firm. Currently, they are acquiring a new company. The various sub project managers and team members are reporting they are getting work done but they have run into some significant problems. It has not affected the time, budget or scope, and they are asking for your guidance. Your main focus appears to be coordinating some resources to solve these issues. Which of the following statements is true?

You are writing the regular project document updates for the project. What tool would not be useful?

Your project just completed and you are documenting the results. Due to a number of circumstances, the project was over budget and ran two months over the projected completion date. You need to do the following:

Your project management team is working on the project scope plan and the project communications plan at the same time. One of the department heads asks why they are working on the communication plan even before the scope management plan is written. You inform him the following?

Communication Methods such as Interactive, Push and Pull are very important to Project Success. The push method is for canned communications and are typically sent from one individual to multiple receivers. This method of communication is best when used for;

The project manager has been sending the required updates and emails to the key stakeholders but is dissatisfied with their level of engagement. What is the best way to get them involved?

What important cost and schedule forecast calculations are important in monitor and control project work?

You are working on a project in the initial stages and are completing a review of the proposed project charter. You receive news that the project has been cancelled. What is the most likely reason of the selections?

A project manager conducted a detailed analysis to identify a problem. She conducted the analysis because she wanted to discover the underlying causes that lead to the problem. After completing the analysis she developed actions to prevent the problems from occurring again. The project manager is most likely conducting?

In which process groups are stakeholders identified?

The general contractor for a construction project has been working with a subcontractor which keeps asking to rewrite portions of the contract. Work has only just begun and the subcontractor has requested another change for a major portion of the contract. Due to the number of contract changes, the general contractor has decided that the best course of action is which of the following?

The team is meeting regarding a new feature that another part of the company is using. This feature is not referenced in the project scope. What is this known as?

You are a project manager for XYZ. You are working on a project to expand the manufacturing capacity for your department. The construction of the new facility will be outsourced to ABC. Who approves the project charter for this project?

Your project team is reviewing the work completed so far by a key vendor. The vendor's project manager has brought in documentation on lessons learned so far in order to identify key performance indicators. What is the activity you are currently performing?

A project has a CPI of .9 and a SPI of .78. Of the following, what is the best explaination for this occurring?

Control scope process contains all of the following as Inputs except:

During contract negotiations, Jim makes some detailed notes which Sally signs. The contract is signed. However, while the work is being performed, Sally says she does not have to do the work in the notes because those were not included in the contract. What is required for Sally to do?

In the monthly financial report, you see the following information: CPI =1.1, SPI=.9, PV=$500, SV=-$200. You cannot find the CV so you need to calculate it. What is the CV?

Rich is reviewing the resources schedule over a month long project. He notices that three of the engineers are scheduled to work on an activity that makes each of them works 60 hours in a week. Since this is against company policy on overtime, he sees that he can spread their hours out over two weeks. This is known as what?

Susan, a well known engineer, has been called in to assist the executive team to help develop the project charter. According to the PMBOK, she would referred to as what?

The control procurements process is tied closely to other monitor and control processes. Which process is the contract change control system integrated with?

The project manager has decided that he prefers a collocated team over a virtual team for a particular project. A senior project manager tells him that a virtual team provides the following advantages except which one?

The project team have had a number of problems with the vendor and it has been decided and supported by senior management to terminate the contract. The vendor is demanding full payment but the deliverables were not completed. What is the next best action?

The team is discussing who should take responsibility for each WBS when a couple of team members disagree about some of the work packages. One member says that one work package needs to be decomposed further, while another says that another work package should be put in a different category. Your best option is to do which of the following?

What is not an input to Direct and Manage Project Work?

Which of the following is a part of the budget but not the cost baseline?

You and the project sponsor are developing requirements for an internal project. The charter will include all except the following?

You are working with the PMO office to gather information about why a stakeholder is opposed to the possbile project. This is known as what?

You notice that in the last few weeks during a critical phase of your project, your team is getting into more and more conflicts. Not only have these been over technical issues but over interpersonal issues. What is the appropriate way of dealing with these?

Your project is on budget and on schedule. Your team has come up with a demo for the sales team to use for making their presentations to prospective customers. You will do which of the following at the next stakeholder project status meeting?

During quality control, the project team found a problem and submitting a change to use a different grade of materials. This change does not impact the scope, cost or schedule. The change control board has approved the change and the project manager is updating various documents. What document needs to be updated?

Syndy Scott, Portfolio manager of Tivia Software Inc., was entrusted to manage 3 projects to generate revenue for her portfolio. The project manager for one of the projects who reported to Syndy provided a report which illustrated the teams highly effective performance. While providing this report, the project manager discussed his intention to reward his team for their most recent project milestone completion. Which theory of motivation is he most likely referencing?

The project team is having their retrospective review and determing the current velocity. What type of approach are they using?

Which of the following is an input to the plan quality management process group which relies on on the organizations internal policies and practices?

Your city building commission has hired your company to research the construction of a new park. As the project manager, you are preparing a list of potential stakeholders. Which document will you not need?

During the project work, the team realizes that some changes need to be made but time is short. What is the best step?