Revising Common Mistakes in MOCK Test 1

Question 1

A project is at the planning stage of the project. The Project Manager realizes that producing complex CRM software is not feasible with the current number of resources and hire more resources for code development. The Project Manager identifies and contracts temporary resources.

Which risk response strategy does this scenario demonstrate?

a.
Accept

b.
Transfer

c.
Avoid

d.
Mitigate

Answer 1

Avoid

The risk to the project was posed by insufficient resources. The risk was Avoided by hiring additional resources.

Question 2

The project manager is working with the sponsor to gain acceptance of the project scope. During this process, the project manager realizes that some of the project work was not included in the original project scope. This work will be essential to getting the project accepted by the sponsor.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

a.
Complete the scope validation and inform operations about the issue

b.
Implement a change requests to include the additional work to the scope

c.
Update the risk register with these new potential risks

d.
Inform the project sponsor of the issue and ask for guidance

Answer 2

Implement a change requests to include the additional work to the scope

The best course of action would be to implement the change requests to add the additional work. This will ensure that the scope is accepted when the project is done.

Question 3

The project manager has begun working on a software development project. The team has met a few of the customers and has decided to revise the way they will develop the software. They have decided this after the project management plan has been approved and the project is about to be executed.

What should the project manager do next?

a.
Implement the new methods immediately

b.
Inform the sponsor of this problem and implement the changes

c.
Inform the team, they might be wrong and execute the project as planned

d.
Implement a change request

Answer 3

Implement a change request

Any changes to the project management plan require change requests to be approved by the change control Board. The next step here would be to have the project manager implemented change requests.

Question 4

A customer asks the Project Manager for a new product feature during a meeting.

What document should the Project Manager refer to find out who has the authority to approve this request?

a.
Scope management plan.

b.
Change request.

c.
Change log.

d.
Change management plan

Answer 4

Change management plan

The change management plan describes the process for submitting, evaluating and implementing changes to the project

Question 5

A project manager has just been assigned to a new project. Due to a significant natural disaster, this has caused a major schedule issue and has delayed the project. This might affect the budget and scope.

What should the project manager do? (choose 2)

a.
Implement a Fast-tracking method on the schedule

b.
Implement a crashing method on the schedule

c.
Increase the schedule due to a natural disaster

d.
Calculate the SPI and SV on the schedule

e.
Use a schedule compression technique to shorten the schedule

f.
Review the budget with the PMO and ask for guidance

Answer 5

Use a schedule compression technique to shorten the schedule, Implement a Fast-tracking method on the schedule

This question is asking about the schedule. This means the PM should try to reduce the schedule by using schedule compression techniques such as fast-tracking.

Question 6

During an agile project, the customers have been requesting a lot of additions to the product backlog and also sending detailed emails to the project team about errors in the software. This may cause a delay in the project as the team is usually late with a response.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

a.
Inform the team to respond to the customers right away

b.
Have the customer send you the additions and errors

c.
Tell the customers to attend the retrospective meetings to give their feedback

d.
Inform the customers it is correct to send it to the team

Answer 6

Have the customer send you the additions and errors

By agile principles, it would be best for the customers to send you the errors and additions. The job of the servant leader is to shield the team from things that might distract them from completing the sprint goal.