What are the skills required to be a project manager?
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Answer Posted / n krishnaswamy
Project Manager should be well versed in all 9 Knowledge
Areas and Five Process Groups. In Short, Success of Project
Manager depends on 1)Communication Skills 2)Interpersonal
relationship Skills. Project Manager 90% od his time in
commmunication.
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You are a project manager for Giraffe Enterprises. You've recently taken over for a project manager who lied about his PMI certification and was subsequently fired. Unfortunately, he did a poor job of Scope Definition. You know if you don't correct this, one of the following could happen: A. The stakeholders will require overtime from the project team to keep the project on schedule. B. The WBS will adversely affect the deliverable breakdowns, and costs will increase. C. The scope management plan will require changes. D. The project costs could increase, there might be rework, and schedule delays may result.
Which of the following describes the Executing process? A. Project plans are put into action. B. Project performance measurements are taken and analyzed. C. Project plans are developed. D. Project plans are published.
You have been asked to submit a proposal for a project that has been put out for bid. First, you attend the bidders conference to ask questions of the buyers and to hear the questions some of the other bidders will ask. Which of the following is true? A. Bidders conferences are a tool and technique of the Source Selection process. B. Bidders conferences are an output of the Source Selection process. C. Bidders conferences are an output of the Solicitation process. D. Bidders conferences are a tool and technique of the Solicitation process.
What are the outputs of the Team Development process? A. Performance improvements, input to performance appraisals B. Input to performance appraisals, reward and recognition systems C. Performance improvements, input to performance appraisals, performance reports D. Work results, input to performance appraisals, performance reports
Which of the following is true regarding the project charter? A. The project charter should be published under the name of a manager external to the project. B. The project charter should be published under the project sponsor's name. C. The project charter should be published under the name of the project manager. D. The project charter should be published under the name of the project champion.
What is the difference between direct and indirect measures?
As a PMP, you will be required to comply with the Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct. This code refers to all of the following except: A. Reporting conflicts of interest B. Reporting experience and PMP status truthfully C. Complying with stakeholder requirements D. Complying with rules and policies of foreign countries
Which of the following is true regarding constraints and assumptions? A. Constraints restrict the actions of the project team, and assumptions are considered true for planning purposes. B. Constraints are considered true for planning purposes, and assumptions limit the options of the project team. C. Constraints consider vendor availability and resource availability to be true for planning purposes. Assumptions limit the project teamwork within predefined budgets or time lines. D. Constraints and assumptions are inputs to the Initiation process. They should be documented, as they will be used throughout the project Planning process.
You are constructing a probability/impact risk rating matrix for your project. Which of the following is true? A. The PI matrix multiplies the risk's probability by the cost of the impact to determine an expected value of the risk event. B. The PI matrix multiplies the risk's probability scales, which fall between 0.0 and 1.0, and the risk’s impact scales to determine a risk score. C. The PI matrix multiplies the risk's probability by the expected value of the risk event to determine the risk impact and assign a risk score based on a predetermined threshold. D. The PI matrix multiplies the risk's probability scales and the risk's impact scales, which fall between 0.0 and 1.0, to determine a risk
You are the project manager for Zippy Tees. Your company has decided to outsource the manufacturing of miniature bears to be attached to your trendy T-shirts. Which of the following is true? A. A good product description is all that's required. The project manager will supply this to the vendor. B. The contract can serve as the project charter. The product description will be included in the contract. C. The project manager should write the project charter because the project manager will be managing the vendor portion of this project as well. D. The vendor should write the project charter as they are responsible for manufacturing the bears.
As a PMP, one of your responsibilities is to ensure integrity on the project. When your personal interests are put above the interests of the project or when you use your influence to cause others to make decisions in your favor without regard for the project outcome, this is considered: A. Conflict of interest B. Using professional knowledge inappropriately C. Culturally unacceptable D. Personal conflict issue
You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You're working with a major retailer that offers their products through mail-order catalogs. They're interested in knowing customer characteristics, the amounts of first-time orders, and similar information. As a potential bidder for this project, you worked on the RFP response and submitted the proposal. When the selection committee received the RFP responses from all the vendors bidding on this project, they used a weighted system to make a selection. Which process did this occur in? A. Source Selection B. Solicitation C. Requisition D. Contract Administration
You are a project manager for Cinema Snicker Productions. Your company specializes in producing comedy films for the big screen. Your latest project has just been canceled due to budget cuts. Which of the following is true? A. This project ended due to starvation because the funding was cut off B. This project ended due to integration because the resources were distributed elsewhere C. This project ended due to starvation because the resources were distributed elsewhere D. This project ended due to integration because the funding was cut off
You are a project manager for Pizza Direct, which is a retail pizza delivery store. Your company is competing with another retail score for the option of opening two new stores in a foreign country. You know, but have not yet informed your company, that you are going to go to work for the competitor, which happens to be bidding for this same opportunity. What is the most appropriate response? A. You decline to participate in the initial meetings with the foreign business partners due to conflict of interest. B. You've not yet received an official offer from the competing company for your new job opportunity, so you choose to participate in the initial meetings with the foreign business partners. C. You decide to participate in the initial meetings with the foreign business partners because any information you gain now will help you when you make the move to the new company. D. You inform the foreign business partners that you're going to be working with a new company and that you know the deal they'll receive from the competing company is better than the one this company is proposing.
