Your team is split between two buildings on either side of town. As a result, the team isn't very cohesive because the members don't know each other very well. The team is still in the storming stage because of the separation issues. Which of the following should you consider? A. Corrective action B. Collocation C. Training D. Conflict resolution
1233Your project team is a close group all busily working on project activities. They're close to approaching the performing stage of Team Development. All six members must communicate frequently with each other. How many lines of communication are there? A. 12 B. 15 C. 18 D. 14
1004Project managers use this conflict resolution technique most often: A. Smoothing B. Confronting C. Naming D. Forcing
1056You are the project manager for a web development project. You hold regular project status meetings and publish status reports on a timely basis. You know that communication is one of your most important functions. As such, all of the following are true except: A. Senders are responsible for sending clear, concise, complete messages. B. Receivers are responsible for understanding the message. C. Communication can be vertical or horizontal or both. D. Effective communication techniques include making eye contact, nodding, and asking clarifying questions.
1019You are a fabulous project manager, and your team thinks highly of you. You are well respected by the stakeholders, management ream, and project team. When you make decisions, others follow your lead as a result of which of the following? A. Referent power B. Expert power C. Legitimate power D. Punishment power
1044Theory Y managers believe which of the following? A. That people are motivated only by money, power, or position B. That people will perform their best if they're given proper motivation and expectations C. That people are motivated to achieve a high level of competency D. That people are motivated by expectation of good outcomes
1049You have accumulated project information throughout the project and need to distribute some important information you just received. All of the following are part of information distribution methods except; A. Electronic mail B. Videoconferencing C. Electronic databases D. Voice mail
1076You know that the next status meeting will require some discussion and a decision for a problem that has surfaced on the project. In order to make the most accurate decision, you know that the number of participants in the meeting should be limited to: A. 1 to 5 B. 5 to 11 C. 7 to 16 D. 10 to 18
983You 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
1124You 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.
949You have been asked to submit a proposal for a project that has been put out for bid. Prior to submitting the proposal, your company must register so that their firm is on the qualified seller list. Which of the following is true? A. The qualified seller list provides information about the sellers and is a tool and technique of the Solicitation process. B. The qualified seller list provides information about the project and the company that wrote the RFP and is an input to the Solicitation process. C. The qualified seller list provides information about the project and the company that wrote the RFP and is a tool and technique of the Source Selection process. D. The qualified seller list provides information about the sellers and is an input to the Solicitation process.
893The tools and techniques of the Source Selection process include all of the following except: A. Contract negotiation B. Correspondence C. Independent estimates D. Screening system
943Which of the following processes negotiates the sequence of award by rank ordering the proposals? A. Source Selection B. Solicitation C. Contract Administration D. Procurement
1174During the opening rounds of contract negotiation, the other party uses a fait accompli lactic. Which of the following is true? A. One party agrees to accept the offer of the other party but secretly knows they will bring the issue hack up at a later time. B. One party claims the issue under discussion was documented and accepted as part of Scope Verification. C. One party claims the issue under discussion has already been decided and can't be changed. D. One party claims to accept the offer of the other party provided a contract change request is submitted describing the offer in detail.
972Your procurement department has obtained independent estimates. The vendor's proposal is substantially different than the independent estimates. All of the following are true except: A. The SOW was not detailed enough. B. The vendor failed to respond according to the terms of the proposal. C. The vendor failed to respond to all items in the SOW. D. The vendor failed to respond to all items in the contract.
1056Post New Project Management Questions
All of the following are inputs to the Administrative Closure process except: A. Performance measurement documentation B. Product documentation C. Other project records D. Contract documents
You are a project manager for Laredo Pioneer’s Traveling Rodeo Show. You're heading up a project to promote a new line of souvenirs to be sold at the shows. You're ready to write the scope statement, and you know it should contain which of the following? A. Project justification, benefit/cost analysis, project deliverables, and product analysis B. Product analysis, project product, and project deliverables C. Project justification, project product, project deliverables, and project objectives D. Product analysis, project deliverables, benefit/cost analysis, and project objectives
Your organization regularly uses a tool and technique of the Contract Closeout process to identify lessons learned, including the successes and failures, which will benefit future activity on this project and on future projects. Which tool and technique arc they using? A. Product documentation inspection B. Contract process review C. Performance measurement review D. Procurement audit
What are the framework activities and umbrella activities?
Which of the following might require rebaselining of the cost baseline? A. Corrective action B. Revised cost estimates C. Updates to the cost management plan D. Budget updates
PERT is: A. The longest path B. A weighted average technique C. A simulation technique D. Widely used in practice to determine schedule durations
You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your team members are amiable with each other and are careful to make project decisions jointly. Which of the following is true? A. They are in the smoothing stage of Team Development. B. They are in the norming stage of Team Development. C. They are in the forming stage of Team Development. D. They are in the forcing stage of Team Development.
You are the project manager for a top-secret software project for an agency of the United States Government. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the project using internal resources. The reason is because getting top secret clearances for contractors takes quite a bit of time and waiting for clearances would jeopardize the implementation date. Your programmers are 80 percent of the way through the programming and testing work when your agency appoints a new executive director. Slowly but surely your programmers are taken off this project and reassigned to the executive director's hot new project. Which of the following type of project ending is this? A. Starvation B. Extinction C. Addition D. Integration
You are a project manager for an international marketing firm. You are ready to assign resources to your new project using a work authorization system. All of the following are true except: A. Work authorization systems clarify and initiate the work for each work package. B. Work authorization systems are written procedures defined by the organization. C. Work authorization systems are tools and techniques of the Project Plan Execution process. D. Work authorization systems are an output of the Project Plan Execution process.
Project selection criteria might include: A. Benefit measurement methods B. Constrained optimization analysis C. NPV calculations D. Potential market share or increased public perception
What is the purpose of the project charter? A. To recognize and acknowledge the project sponsor B. To recognize and acknowledge the existence of the project and commit organizational resources to the project C. To acknowledge the existence of the project team, project manager, and project sponsor D. To describe the selection methods used to choose this project over its competitors
You are the project manager for the Late Night Smooth Jazz Club chain, with stores in 12 states. Smooth Jazz is considering opening a new club in Kansas City or Spokane. You have derived the following information: Project Kansas City: The payback period is 27 months, and the IRR is 35 percent. Project Spokane: The payback period is 25 months, and the IRR is 32 percent. Which project should you recommend to the selection committee? A. Project Spokane because the payback period is shortest B. Project Kansas City because the IRR is highest C. Project Spokane because the IRR is lowest D. Project Kansas City because the payback period is longest ?
You know that BAC = 375, PV = 300, AC = 200, and EV = 250. Variances that have occurred on the project to date are not expected to continue. What is the ETC? A. 75 B. 50 C. 125 D. 150
All of the following are tools and techniques of the Integrated Change Control process except: A. Configuration management B. Performance measurements C. Change requests D. Additional planning
All of the following arc tools and techniques of the Project Plan execution process except: A. Project management information system B. Work authorization system C. Organizational policies D. General management skills