Part 1

Two teams working through a project conflict seek a win/win solution. Which conflict
strategy should they employ? - Collaborate/ problem-solve

A construction company wants to follow proper processes for projects and their
documentations. Which document serves as the official authorization for a project.-
project charter

Which parts of a project plan are interdependent during the planning phase?(choose
three)-schedule ,scope ,budget

A project to build a new library is behind schedule. Which adjustment to the project plan
will have the best chance of putting the schedule back on track?-removing a task to
plant a garden

A project manager receives a suggestion for an app feature that was not part of the
original development scooping. What should be the first step taken to add it to the
project scope?-identify a change request

A new project manager wants to know why closing contracts is an important part of the
closing phase. What is the overall purpose?- to ensure work has been completed
accurately and satisfactorily

Which project is utilizing a predictive approach?-a building where all of the

specifications for the classrooms are defined up front and any changes to the
specifications have to go through a change control board.

Which type of project authority is based on comprehensive respect for a manager's

knowledge and leadership abilities even if the manager is not a subject matter expert on
the actual work to be done?- reverent
In building a new kitchen for cafeteria a stove and the bent above the stoke can be
worked on simultaneously the bent above the stove needs to be in place before the
stove can be tested as part of its completion. Which type of dependency exists between
the vent on the stove task? -Finish-finish

For the construction of new stands inside a gymnasium which project task is considered
to be procurement- obtaining the wood to build the stands

Arrange in order the phase that comprise the project life cycle-initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling, closing

A new hair is a sign to a team addressing a product backlog. What will this person be
working on?- a list of prioritized task for a sprint within a project

Which project situation best lends itself to a hybrid approach?- a gym space with
modular sections
A software development project has had many aspects added that were not approved
nor were they presented to a change control board as a result the project will take
longer and there is an aggregate risk it will not be done on time. What has taken place
in the project?- scope creep

A development team discovered a faster way to review code without sacrificing quality.
What should be done during the closing phase?-archive the newly discovered process
for future projects

For each project scenario indicate whether the project best fits a predictive adaptive or
hybrid approach.- predictive building an airplane, adaptive planting seeds in land over a
period of time, hybrid building a new company headquarters and website
A project manager is analyzing a project plan to ensure it is accurate what part of the
plant consists of task that are in scope compared to the scope statement?- task that
contribute toward the work that needs to be completed

A project team is struggling to stay under budget with a gymnasium build the project
manager is offering team members free gym members for a year if it is finished and
time and under budget what type of tactic is being used to get the project back on
schedule?-motivation

Using drag and drop match each element of a project charter to its description- the end
goal project purpose, specific goals objectives ,significant events milestones

Projective members wants to know while having a change management process is

important what is the goal of the process?- preventing scope creep

A project manager is told to be an active listener in order to be more successful as a

manager what are examples of active listening choose two- seek to clearly
understand ,reword to confirm understanding

Which conflict management strategy is known to not really solve a conflict between
parties- withdraw /avoid

An external vendor is attempting to sell a team member a lower quality grade of food to
build stands inside a gymnasium what should the team leader do-report the situation to
the project manager

Which communication element interferes with the effectiveness of communication-noise

A project manager wants to address sources to reduce the overall time it will take to
complete a project on which task will the adding of resources impact the schedule-
adding resources to task on the critical path
A new project manager wants to know the difference between quality assurance and
quality control which aspects of quality are a part of a quality assurance in the project
development choose two- the attempt to prevent the effects in a product, the process by
which quality is measured

Team members are inquiring as to why they need to report to their managers when task
are finished the manager tells them the reason is to ensure there are no sleep task what
is a sleep task- a task complete behind schedule

Project team members have expressed of reference to receive communication through

a new speed such as what is found on sharepoint which method of communication do
the members prefer-pull

What are the main elements of a project status update choose two- what is forecast to
be completed in the next time period, what has been completed within a specific time
period

A project manager is trying to estimate cost for a new project to develop bottles out of
recycled material. What method should be utilized for this type of estimating?-
analogous

A project manager has been told by another stakeholder that a project budget must be
watched closely as a project progress which stakeholder is most interested in making
sure a project stays on budget - project sponsor

A project for building a new basketball court is in progress the hoops are supposed to
be 10 ft high but upon the customer suspecting a height error and measuring the height
of the hoops one hope is 10 and 1/2 ft high and the other is 11 ft high what should be
done to address this quality issues choose two- the installer should look to improve the
installation process to avoid this error in the future, the height of the rim should be
adjusted in the customer should be notified of the repair

Which stakeholder has the ultimate sign of decision on a project and its deliverables-
project sponsor

After the completion team members want to know why there is a meeting to share
lessons learned. What is the main benefit of such documentation-improve processes in
future similar project

Which part of a project management plan uses a gun chart as management tool-
schedule

The definition of a project objectives is found in which project management document-

project charter

A consulting firm is building an app for a company that sells various types of containers
in this project scenario which stakeholder has the final say on whether the app was
build to its required specifications-customer

In which phase of a project plan is a project charter created and approved-initiating

Which project document secures the services of and defined compensation for external
resources-contract

When problems arise during a project what is the first step a project manager should
take in the decision making process-identify the problem

Due to an increase in the supply cost a project manager indicates that a project is
currently 5% over budget what should the project manager do first to solve the budget
problem-access money from the contingency reserved if it is available
Which group of stakeholders are responsible for functional testing for products created
in a project plan choose two-customers, team members

A project team member raises an issue about quality defects in an app that is due to be
released the team member is insistent the issue be resolved so as not to embarrass the
company developing the app in response the project manager and sees that the app be
released as is what type of conflict management has been used- force/direct

As part of a project management plan which states the work done to deliver a product
service or results-project scope

What aspect of a project is unique and is required to be produced to complete a process

phase or project?- deliverable

In a wbs which type of package is the lowest level of work breakdown structure for
which cause and duration are managed- work

Which code of ethics value applies to someone who needs to make sure that
companies have an equal support to bid for contractual work for deliverables that will be
outsource- fairness

Which statement best describe the role of a project sponsor-a key stakeholder

Which key project stakeholder has the largest role in managing expectations of other
stakeholders- project manager

Which project diagram shows the scope of a project broken down into pieces then
deliverables and then work packages- wbs
Test 2

Which aspects are indicative of a predictive approach to project management? Choose

two

Overall risk is assessed

A critical path is established from start to finish

As part of a bathroom remodel a project manager notices the shower doors a customer
wants are not available from the vendor that typically provides them. The same doors
are available from another vendor but will take a week longer to arrive, and cost 20%
more than what was originally quoted to the customer. What should the project manager
do first to resolve the problem?

Consult with the customer to reach a possible solution.

Which stakeholders are initially responsible for reporting the completion of project
tasks?

Team members

A project manager is tasked with building a WBS. What does a WBS contain?

Deliverables
A project manager finds for a park irrigation project the normal supplier for pipes may
not have the ones needed. Another supplier has the pipes but at a higher cost. Which
components of the project management plan should be updated? Choose two

Risk

Budget

As part of change management, who is responsible for implementing approved change

requests?

Project Manager

Which types of external resources receive contracts to perform work or provide material
necessary to complete project tasks?

Vendors

Assuming a task is on the critical path, what can change to affect the path? Choose two

Start date and End date

In which phase of project life cycle are business needs determined?

Initiating

A new project manager is trying to understand the differences between a task and
similar events in a project. What does a task consist of? Choose two

Start and end dates

Work assigned to a resource

During a project planning session for a playground project, a group of people also want
the existing blacktop to be repaved, which is not part of the original project plan. Adding
this will result in a budget increase. What else will be affected as part of the project
plan? Choose two

Schedule

Scope

A new project manager is learning the role of documents withing the planning phase.
What purpose does a project charter serve?

The formal authorization of the project

Which roles describe a vendor within a project plan for developing a database to
interact with a customer-facing website? Choose two

A cloud hosting provider

A design consultant for the website

Which stakeholders make the largest contributions to ensuring the project plan
objectives are met?

Team members

When the change management process results in approval of a change, what part of a
project plan is always affected?

Scope
In which aspect of the project life cycle does the process of verifying deliverables take
place?

Closing

What is the purpose of a scope statement?

Defines the work to be performed

When tasks that are out of scope are added to a project, what is the end result?

Scope creep

A project a manager needs to conduct peer reviews with team members as part of
closing a project. Which communication method should the project manager use?

Interactive

What is the range of activities reported on within a status update for a project plan?

Within a given time period

In a project plan to build new fences for an elementary school, which tasks will have
their durations affected based on the number of resources assigned to them? Choose
two

Adding a cement mixer to the existing group of cement mixes

Adding people to add bricks to fences

Which characteristics are common to the adaptive approach of project management?
Choose two

Rapidly changing requirements

A product backlog

A hybrid approach combines elements of which project approaches? Choose two

Adaptive

Predictive

Software apps with well-defined requirements- Predictive

A wheel chair with a strict base model but room to have multiple iterations- Adaptive

A logo design project with many versions and colors- Hybrid

A project team member notices another member downloading confidential information

to a USB drive. He also finds out the employee is about to quit the company and work
for a competitor. What should the team member do?

Report the team member with the USB drive to the immediate manager for the team.

A project manager is looking for ways to motivate staff, to help ensure projects are
completed on time and withing budget. What should they use as a starting point for
motivation?

The project manager should learn what motivates team members

A project manager is looking for a place to document objectives. In which project
document should objectives be located?

Project charter

A new project manager is asked to learn about procurement tasks by looking through
previous projects. Which statement defines procurement tasks?

Task that obtain goods and services from external resources

During a lessons learned meeting near the end of a project, a manager claims that gold
plating took place during the executing phase. What happened within the project to
warrant that claim?

More deliverables than what was promised were delivered and the project scope did not
change.

A hospital wing construction project is behind schedule. The project manager is looking
to fast-track the project to bring it back in line. What is the project manager looking to
do?

Task that are normally done sequentially and do them in parallel.

Which group of stakeholders benefits the most from documenting lessons learned on a
project plan?

Team members
A project manager tries to update a sponsor on a project’s status, but the sponsor does
not seem to focus on what the project manager says. What type of listening is taking
place?

Offensive listening

In which project management organization type does a project manager function more
as a coordinator?

Functional

A project manager is building a budget by estimating the cost of each task and then
using that to estimate the cost each deliverable. What kid of budgeting is occurring?

Bottom-up

A team member approaches a project manager with an insistence on completing tasks

in a different way than prescribed in the project plan. Even though the manager knows
that the project plan contains the fastest way to complete these tasks. He acquiesces
with the team member. Which conflict management strategy has been employed?

Smooth/accommodate

A sponsor wants to see a contingency plan for a project’s budget. What should the
contingency plan contain?

A percentage of the budget on top of the original budget

What is verified during the contract closing process?

That deliverables have been completed accurately and satisfactorily

A manager wants to move a team member from one task to another to help someone
who is struggling to complete a task on time. Who has the authority to move the team
member?

Project manager

Besides a customer, who needs to sign off on a project to indicate it is indeed

completed?

Project sponsor

Two businesses are having conflicts over an interface design for an app. Eventually, the
businesses meet and agree to implement some aspects, while each yields on others.
Which conflict management strategy is being used?

Compromise/reconcile

What is the main reason for archiving project documents?

To save time and effort on building future, similar project plans

In a project plan, what is scope variance?

The difference between planned scope and the actual scope

Testers are reporting a new app is slower than the one it is replacing. Part of the
project requirements dictate the new app be faster. What is should be done first to
rectify this quality issue?

The app developers should investigate the root cause of app performing slower than
anticipated.

collaborate/problem-solve – Win-win

Compromise/reconcile – Win/loss-win/loss

Smooth/accommodate -Loss-win

Which term best represents a significant point or event within a project?

Milestone

Metrics are used to measure which part of a project management plan?

Quality

Which project management document lists identified risks and the severity of those
risks?

Risk register
As part of a change management plan, who is responsible for approving changes to a
project scope?

Change control board

Responsibility- Admitting to uploading an incorrect code file.

Respect- allowing all ideas to be shared during a brainstorming session.

Fairness- Allowing everyone who needs to give updates equal time to do so.

Honesty – giving realistic update on a task’s progression

communication types- What is communicated and to whom

Communication styles – formal, informal, open

Communication methods- Emails, phone calls, in-person meetings