Deck 2

Question 1

Whose responsibility is it to manage stakeholder engagement on a project?

Answer 1

Project manager

Question 2

Which of the following is an output of Manage Project Team process?

Answer 2

Organizational process assets update

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of an estimate activity resource tool?

Answer 3

Scheduling software tool

Question 4

How to calculate schedule variance?

Answer 4

SV = earned value minus planned value.
Earned value is obtained by multiplying each activities planned value times its percentage complete and summing. The total planned value is the sum of the planned values of the activities that should have been completed according to the approved plan. Schedule variance, is earned value minus planned value, in dollars.

Question 5

Work performance data is an important input the validate scope process. Work performance data is an output of which of the following processes?

Answer 5

Direct and manage project work.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true considering stakeholder influence on a typical project with a predictive plan-driven life cycle?

Answer 6

Stakeholder influence is greatest at the start of the project and decreases in the execution phase.

Question 7

In your project, two key stakeholders are in continuous conflict with one another. As a PM, you have spent many hours resolving their conflict, to no avail. What should you do next?

Answer 7

Refer to the communications management plan for the escalations process.

Question 8

What is the process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project budget and manage changes tot he cost baseline?

Answer 8

Monitor and control project work

Question 9

Which of the following processes produces the work performance data

Answer 9

Direct and manage project work

Question 10

The engineers of a project have a brainstorming session to generate ideas for reducing the costs of the project from now on. In which process group and knowledge area will these ideas be implemented?

Answer 10

Project execution/ procurement management

Question 11

What does it mean if SPI is 0.97?

Answer 11

The project is behind schedule

Question 12

Once the quality management plan is in place, it is time to start the perform quality assurance process. To perform this process, which three items should be used?

Answer 12

Quality metrics, process improvement plan and quality control measures

Question 13

Serena is responsible for ensuring that the engine part suppliers are performing as expected according to their contracts. What is Serena responsible for on the project?

Answer 13

Ensuring that the project team members do not spend more time than expected processing returns of defective engine parts to the suppliers.

Question 14

After stakeholder information is collected, the PM will start the planning phase. Which of the processes should be performed first?

Answer 14

Plan scope management.

Question 15

The process of monitoring and recording results from the execution of quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes is known as

Answer 15

Control quality

Question 16

The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed or extended from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint is known as

Answer 16

Free float

Question 17

In which of the following processes are various measurements such as percent of work completed and number of chnage requests on project activities and deliverables, collected, analyzed and transformed into work performance information?

Answer 17

Control stakeholder engagement

Question 18

What should be included in the support documentation for your project cost estimates?

Answer 18

Range of possible estimates

Question 19

Your project isin the final stages of execution. What is the amount of stakeholders influence at this stage compared to the early stages?

Answer 19

Decreased

Question 20

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the manage communications process?

Answer 20

This process ends when the last project deliverable has been delivered and accepted.

Question 21

How to calculate total planned value?

Answer 21

Total planned value is the projects budget at completion. This is the sum of the planned value of all the tasks.

Question 22

What helps the project team members group potential causes of risk that may be encountered on a project?

Answer 22

Risk breakdown structure.

Question 23

IN what process group would a celebration in which you share the developments, challenges and lessons learned so far?

Answer 23

Direct and manage project work

Question 24

What are the four inputs of the manage communications process?

Answer 24

Communications management plan
Organizational process assets
Work performance reports
Enterprise environmental factors

Question 25

Which process identifies and documents project roles, responsibilities, required skills and relationships by creating a staffing management plan?

Answer 25

Plan human resource management

Question 26

You are looking for a vendor to perform some work on a project and is currently receiving vendor contract proposals for this work. Which process are you performing?

Answer 26

Conduct procurements

Question 27

Which of the following statements is NOT true about resource leveling

Answer 27

Resource leveling can have an impact on quality requirements

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a risk diagramming technique?

Answer 28

Pareto chart (used for quality management)

Question 29

In calculating the total cost of quality, what is included?

Answer 29

All costs incurred over the life of the product by investment in preventing nonconformance, appraising for conformance, and rework. Includes training, rework, review, quality planning. IF PM was broken down into the amount toward quality, it could also be included.

Question 30

Senior management instructed the PM to withhold final payment due to the software issues. As a result the vendor has filed a claim for non-payment. What should the project manager do first?

Answer 30

Attempt to negotiate a resolution with the vendor.