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1
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Accountants usually define ____ as a resource sacrifice or foregone to achieve a specific objective.

a. money
b. liability
c. trade
d. cost

A

d

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What is the main goal of project cost management?

a. to complete a project for as little cost as possible
b. to complete a project within an approved budget
c. to provide thrutful and accurate cost information on projects
d. t oensure that an organization’s money is used wisely

A

b

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Which of the following is not an output of the project cost management process called “estimating costs”, according to the OMBOK Guide?

a. activity cost management
b. a cost baseline
c. basis of estimates
d. project documents updates

A

b

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If a company loses 5$ for every 100$ in revenue for a certain product, what is the profit margin for that product?

a. -5 %
b. 5 %
c. -5$
d. 5$

A

a

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____ reserves allow for future situations that are unpredictable.

a. Contingency
b. Financial
c. Management
d. Baseline

A

c

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You are preparing a cost estimate for a building based on its location, purpose, number of square feet, and other characteristics. What cost-estimate technique are you using?

a. parametric
b. analogous
c. bottom-up
d. top-down

A

a

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____ involves allocating the project cost estimate to individual material resources or work items over time.

a. Reserve analysis
b. Life-cycle costing
c. Project cost budgeting
d. Earned value management

A

c

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____ is a project performance measurement technique that integrate scope, time and cost data.

a. Reserve analysis
b. Life-cycle costing
c. Project cost budgeting
d. Earned value management

A

d

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If the actual cost for a WBS item is 1 500$ and its earned value is 2 000$, what is the cost variance, and is it under or over budget?

a. -500$, over
b. -500$, under
c. 500$, over
d. 500$, under

A

d

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If a project is halfway completed, its schedule performance index is 100%, and its cost performance index is 95%, how is it progressing?

a. Ahead of schedule and under budget
b. Ahead of schedule and over budget
c. Behind of schedule and under budget
d. Behind os schedule and over budget

A

b

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Which of the following is not part of project human resource management?

a. resource estimating
b. acquiring the project team
c. developing the project team
d. managing the project team

A

a

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12
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___ causes people to participate in an activity for their own enjoyment.

a. Intrinsic motivation
b. Extrinsic motivation
c. Self motivation
d. Social motivation

A

a

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At hte bottom of Maslow’s pyramid or hierarchy of needs are ____ needs.

a. self-actualization
b. esteem
c. safety
d. physiological

A

d

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According to MCClelland’s acquired-needs theory, people who desire harmonious relations with other people and need to feel accepted have a high ____ need.

a. social
b. achievement
c. affiliation
d. extrisic

A

c

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____ power is based on a persons individual charisma.

a. Affiliation
b. Referent
c. Personality
d. Legitimate

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b

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A ____ maps the work of a project, as described in the WBS, to the people responsible for performing the work.

a. project organizational chart
b. work definition and assignment process
c. resource histogram
d. responsibility assignment matrix

A

d

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17
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A staffing management plan often includes a resource ____, which is a column chart that shows the number of resources assigned to the project over time.

a. chart
b. graph
c. histogram
d. timeline

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c

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18
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What technique can you use to resolve resource conflicts by delaying tasks?

a. resource loading
b. resource leveling
c. critical path analysis
d. overallocation

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b

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What are the five stages in Tuckman’s model of team development, in chronological order?

a. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
b. storming, forming, norming, performing, and adjourning
c. norming, forming, storming, performing, and adjourning
d. forming, storming, performing, storming, and adjourning

A

a

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20
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Which of the following is not a tool or technique for managing project teams?

a. observation and conversation
b. project performance appraisals
c. conflict management
d. Social Styles Profile

A

d

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21
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What do many experts aggree is the greatest threat to the success of ant project?

a. lack of proper funding
b. a failure to communicate
c. poor listening skills
d. inadequate staffing

A

b

22
Q

In face-to-face interactions, how is most information conveyed?

a. by the tone of voice
b. by the words spoken
c. by body language
d. by the location

A

c

23
Q

Which of the following is not a process in project communications management?

a. planning communications management
b. controlling communications
c. managing communications
d. managing stakeholders

A

d

24
Q

What strategy can a project manager use to deliver bad news?

a. Tell a joke first
b. Tell senior management as soon as possible so they can develop alternatives and recommendations
c. Ask the project champion to deliver the news
d. Set the stage by putting the news into context, emphasizing the impact on the bottom line

A

d

25
Q

If you add three more people to a project team of five, how many more communication channels will you add?

a. 2
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18

A

d

26
Q

A(n) ____ report describes where a project stands at a specific point in time.

a. status
b. performance
c. forecast
d. earned value

A

a

27
Q

What terms describes information that is sent to recipients at their request via websites, bulletin boards, e-learning, knowledge repositories like blogs, and other means?

a. push communications
b. pull communications
c. interactive communication
d. customer communications

A

b

28
Q

Which of the following is not a recommendation for improving project communicaitons?

a. You can’t overcommunicate
b. Project managers and their teams should take time to develop their communications skills
c. Do not use facilitating or experts of the project team to communicate important information
d. Use templates to help prepare project documents

A

c

29
Q

Which of the following is not a guideline to help improve time spent at meetings?

a. Determine if a meeting can be avoided
b. Invite extra people who support your project to make the meeting run more smoothly
c. Define the purpose and intended outcome of the meeting
d. Build relationships

A

b

30
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A ____ report is a reflective statement that documents important information learned from working on the project

a. kanban
b. lessons-learned
c. project archive
d. progress

A

b

31
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____ is an uncertainty that can have a negative or positive effect on meeting project objectives.

a. Risk utility
b. Risk tolerance
c. Risk management
d. Risk

A

d

32
Q

A person who is risk-____ receives greater satisfaction when more payoff is at stake ans is willing to pay a penalty to take risks.

a. averse
b. seeking
c. neutral
d. aware

A

b

33
Q

Which risk management process involves prioritizing risks based on their probability and impact of occurence?

a. planning risk management
b. identifying risks
c. performing qualitative risk analysis
d. performing quantitative risk analysis

A

c

34
Q

Your project involves using a new release of a common software application, but if that release is not available, your team has ____ plans to use the current release.

a. contingency
b. fallback
c. reserve
d. mitigation

A

a

35
Q

Which risk identification tool involves deriving a consensus among a panel of experts by using anonymous input regarding future events?

a. risk breakdown structure
b. brainstorming
c. interviewing
d. Delphi technique

A

d

36
Q

A risk ____ is a document that contains results of various risk management processes, and is often displayed in a table or spreadsheet format.

a. management plan
b. register
c. breakdown structure
d. probability/impact matrix

A

b

37
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____ are indicators or symptoms of actual risk events, such as a cost overrun on early activities being a symptom of poor cost estimates.

a. Probabilities
b. Impacts
c. Watch list item
d. Triggers

A

d

38
Q

Suppose there is a 30% chance that you will lose 10 000$ and a 70% chance that you will earn 100 000$ on a particular project. What is the project’s estimated monetary value?

a. -30 000$
b. 70 000$
c. 67 000$
d. -67 000$

A

c

39
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____ is a quantitative risk analysis tool that uses a model of a system to analyze its expected behavior or performance.

a. Simulation
b. Sensitivity analysis
c. Monte Carlo analysis
d. EMV

A

a

40
Q

Your project team has decided not to use an upcoming release of software because it might cause your schedule to slip. Which negative risk response strategy are you using?

a. avoidance
b. acceptance
c. transference
d. mitigation

A

a

41
Q

Which knowledge area was first introduced in the PMBOK Guide in 2013?

a. project engagement management
b. project consulting management
c. project stakeholder engagement
d. project stakeholder management

A

d

42
Q

Suppliers and concerned citizens are examples of which type of stakeholders?

a. internal
b. external
c. supportive
d. unsupportive

A

b

43
Q

What type of information about stakeholders is not included in a stakeholder register?

a. identification
b. classification
c. assessment
d. engagement level

A

d

44
Q

What type of grid can categorize stakeholders based on their level of authority and concern?

a. a power/interest grid
b. an authority/concern grid
c. an authority/interest grid
d. a resistance/support grid

A

a

45
Q

One of your project stakeholders has a high amount of authority and a high amount of interest. How should you manage that relationship?

a. keep informed
b. keep satisfied
c. manage closely
d. monitor

A

c

46
Q

Which type of matrx can help clarify which knowledge areas are most important to stakeholders on a project?

a. a knowledge area matrix
b. a prioritization matrix
c. an expectations management matrix
d. a stakeholder management matrix

A

c

47
Q

What tool can you use to document, monitor, and track items that need resolution on a project?

a. an issue log
b. a risk register
c. an issue register
d. a resolution log

A

a

48
Q

When should you start controlling stakeholder engagement on a project?

a. in the early phases
b. in the middle phases
c, in the latter phases
d. none of the above; you just can’t bitch

A

a

49
Q

Which of the following statements is false about software that can assist in project stakeholder management?

a. Social media tools can assist in stakeholders management.
b. Some project management software includes features like giving “high fives”.
c. Texting is an example of a microblog that can keep stakeholders informed about project work.
d. A vodcast is a video podcast that can inform and engage stakeholders.

A

c

50
Q

After a series of large project disasters, what country is requiring people to complete a new academic program in project management before leading a large governmental project?

a. Australia
b. U.K.
c. India
d. Japan

A

b

51
Q

Nommez 4 techniques d’explicitation des exigences

A
  1. Interview
  2. Questionnaire
  3. Jeux de rôle
  4. Remue-méninges
  5. Prototypage
  6. Atelier d’explicitation
  7. Scénario-maquette
52
Q

Nommez 4 des risques les plus importants en TI

A
  1. Besoins d’affaires mal définis, instables et croissants
  2. Échéancier irréaliste
  3. Mesure de performance inadéquate
  4. Mauvaise gestion
  5. Estimation erronée
  6. Le syndrome de la balle d’argent
  7. Faible qualité des livrables
  8. Faible productivité de l’équipe
  9. Projet annulé

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