QUESTION ONE

A company is considering two projects, Alpha and Beta. Project Alpha is expected to result in a
TZS50 million net profit, while project Beta and is expected to net TZS45 million. Both projects
could be very lucrative and rewarding. However, the financial controller has stated that the
company can only invest in one of these projects.

If project Alpha is selected, what will be the opportunity cost?

QUESTION TWO

You have just taken over a project in execution. During your first week, you determine that the
project team members spend a lot of time responding to unexpected requests for information
from different project stakeholders. Because of these interruptions, the team cannot focus on
their project activities, and as a result, the project is behind schedule.

What should you do first?

QUESTION THREE

The project aims to investigate the feasibility of constructing a hydroelectric dam from a
technical, economic, and social point of view. The project charter created by the project manager
on behalf of the project sponsor is now approved.

Which of the following processes should be performed next?

You are managing a software upgrade project for your company. Your project sponsor has a
great deal of authority regarding project decisions, but you recently discovered that he doesn't
have much interest in your project. To complete the project successfully, you need your project
sponsor's continuous support.

What stakeholder management strategy should you use with your project sponsor?

QUESTION FOUR

You are facing problems decomposing the testing work package into the final activities required
to complete the work package. Detailed testing plans and activities cannot be determined until
the system is at least 50% developed and more details become available. The system
development work package will take at least three months to complete.
What is the best way to resolve this problem?

QUESTION FIVE

Recently, you promoted your star programmer, Sam, to lead the agile development team. Sam
was a fantastic software coder, and you thought the promotion would mean that he could now
share his expertise with the other development team members. However, you are surprised to
learn that the performance of Sam in his new role is not meeting your expectations.

Which empirical rule did you forget while considering the promotion of Sam?

QUESTION SIX

The following table is an activity list that includes the duration and predecessor for a series of
project activities.

What is the duration of the critical path?

A project manager is in the process of developing the stakeholder register. As the first step in this
process, she needs to create a list of potential stakeholders and decides to use a data gathering
technique called brain writing.

What is the first thing to do when using that technique?

QUESTION EIGHT

A project manager is performing quality assurance for a project whose quality standards are very
stringent. In order to meet and exceed the quality requirements, the project manager uses a set of
technical guidelines, which were applied during the design phase of the project to optimize
quality.

What tool or technique is the project manager using in this scenario?

QUESTION NINE

During project planning, the project team rigorously defined the project scope. During project
execution, a senior engineer calls the project manager and suggests a simpler and more efficient
design which could benefit the project.

What should the project manager do next?

QUESTION TEN

You are working with a team to estimate how much time is required for each activity. You are
using a document that contains information on the categories of labor, material, and equipment
required to complete the project. You are also interested in the skill levels, required
certifications, and the grade levels for supplies.

What arer documents would you primarily refer to for this purpose?

QUESTION ELEVEN
While performing project work, a team member notices that there is a potential new risk, which
could impact the project's critical path.

What should the team member do immediately?

QUESTION TWELVE

The following Gantt chart displays the schedule for a software upgrade project. The system
analysis was completed on August 12th, but the system design and development activities are still
in process as of October 3rd. Once the product is developed, the project team will need to test and
deploy it, which must be completed by October 17th. The method used to determine the earned
value is based on percent complete.

What is the cost variance as of October 3rd?

QUESTION THIRTEEN

A servant leader has just been assigned to an upcoming product development project and
believes that the project is well-suited to Kanban. However, the development team is unfamiliar
with this approach.

What is the servant leader's best course of action?

QUESTION FORTEEN

You are developing the project scope statement. You have specified the deliverables for the
project, included the requirements under which the deliverables will be accepted, and explicitly
stated what is out of project scope.

What else should you include in the project scope statement?

QUESTION FIFTEEN
During project planning of a large, complex project, project management best practices were
rigorously and thoroughly followed. During project execution, the project experienced several
critical risks, which were foreseen and previously identified. Despite the meticulous planning,
the project failed to achieve the established objectives due to these realized risks.

What may have gone wrong in this scenario?

QUESTION SIXTEEN

Your sponsor has committed to building a high-speed rail from one major inland city, Azules, to
the coast. You have two possible routes, either Brazos or Corazon.

Given the costs, odds, and rewards of high demand and low demand of each route in this
decision tree, what is the expected monetary value of the route to Brazos?

QUESTION SEVENTEEN

Senior leadership has returned from a conference where they have learned about the agile
practice of retrospectives. Even though the organization does not manage any projects in an agile
manner, they mandate that from now on this ceremony is included in all projects.

How should the outputs from the retrospectives be stored and managed?

QUESTION EIGHTEEN
The resource management plan for an international project calls for a scrum team to be
collocated during the regular workweek. However, after five sprints were completed, the project
manager got a change request approved to cut costs by transitioning the team to a virtual
environment working remotely from their homes with the start of the sixth sprint.

After the team begins working remotely, what will be the best method to understand the impact
of the change on the team's productivity?