You are working on a project that will upgrade the phone system in your customer service center. You have used bottom-up estimating techniques to assign costs to the project activities and have determined the cost baseline. Which of the following is true? A. You have completed the Cost Estimating process and now need to complete the Cost Budgeting process to determine the project's baseline. B. You have completed the Project Plan Development process and established a project baseline to measure future project performance against. C. You have completed the Cost Estimating process and now need to complete the Project Plan Development process to establish a project baseline to measure future project performance against. D. You have completed the Cost Budgeting process, and the cost baseline will be used to measure future project performance.

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Project managers have the greatest amount of authority in which kind of organizational structure? A. Functional B. Projectized C. Weak matrix D. Balanced matrix

1067

What is tracing process? How this can be enabled?

1006

This measurement is the value of the work that's been completed to date: A. PV B. AC C. EV D. EAC

1084

How do you set goals for your team? And how do you track these goals?

946

You need to convey some very complex, detailed information to the project stakeholders. The best method of communicating this kind of information is? A. Verbal B. Vertical C. Horizontal D. Written

924

Procurement audits review what? A. The procurement process from Procurement Planning through Contract Administration B. The contract administration process from Solicitation Planning through Contract Administration C. The procurement process from Procurement Planning through Contract Closeout D. The contract administration process from Solicitation Planning through Contract Closeout

901

Which of the following is true regarding NPV? A. NPV assumes reinvestment at the cost of capital. B. NPV decisions should be made based on the highest value for all of the selections. C. NPV assumes reinvestment at the prevailing rate. D.NPV assumes reinvestment at the NPV rate.

888

You are a project manager for a software manufacturing firm. The project you've just finished created a new software product that is expected to become a number-one seller. A friend of yours is a certified software instructor. They have asked you for a copy of the software prior to the beta release through the marketing department so they can get familiar with it. What is the most appropriate response? A. Since your friend is certified to teach your company's brand of software, provide them with a copy of the software. B. Ask them to sign a nondisclosure agreement before releasing a copy of the software. C. Decline the request since you stand to gain from this transaction by receiving free training. D. Decline the request because the software is the intellectual property of the company.

1090

You are a project manager working on contract with a company in a foreign country. At the project kick-off meeting, you are given an expensive-looking gift. The person who presented this to you said that it is customary in their country to give their business partners gifts. What is the most appropriate response? A. Thank them and decline. Explain that this is considered personal gain, which is unacceptable in your country. B. Thank them and accept. You don't believe there is a conflict of interest or an integrity issue at stake. C. Thank them and decline. Explain that this is considered a conflict of interest, which is unacceptable in your country. D. Thank them and accept since you know that it would be considered offensive to decline the gift in their culture. Immediately report the acceptance of the gift to the appropriate parties at your company so that your actions are not called into question later.

1198

Describe the risk in software engineering.

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Your company has asked you to be the project manager for the product introduction of their new DeskTop Rock media system. You recently published a document that establishes the scope baseline. Which of the following is true? A. This is the scope statement, which is an output of the Scope Planning process. B. This is the scope statement, which is an output of the Scope Definition process. C. This is the scope statement, which is a tool and technique of the Scope Definition process. D. This is the scope management plan, which is an output of the Scope Definition process.

921

You are a project manager for an agricultural supply company. You have just completed and obtained sign-off on the scope statement for your new Natural Bug Busters project. A key stakeholder has informed you that a deliverable is missing from the scope statement. This deliverable is a critical success factor. You should do which of the following? A. Inform the stakeholder that work not stated in the scope statement is excluded from the project. B. Modify the scope statement to reflect the new deliverable. C. Inform the stakeholder that this deliverable can be included in the next project since sign-off has already been obtained. D. Modify the scope statement after an approved change request has been received from the stakeholder.

848

You have just prepared an RFP for release. Your project involves a substantial amount of contract work detailed in the RFP. Your favorite vendor drops by and offers to give you and your spouse the use of their company condo for your upcoming vacation. It's located in a beautiful resort community that happens to be one of your favorite places to go for a get away. What is the most appropriate response? A. Thank the vendor but decline the offer, as you know this could be considered a conflict of interest. B. Thank the vendor and accept. This vendor is always offering you incentives like this, so this offer does not likely have anything to do with the recent RFP release. C. Thank the vendor, accept the offer, and immediately tell your project sponsor so they're aware of what you're doing. D. Thank the vendor but decline the offer because you've already made another arrangement for this vacation. Ask them if you can take a rain check and arrange another time to use the condo.

986

You’ve just accepted a new project management assignment. The project is for a customer in a foreign country. You've requested a business analyst and two other project team members from the country the customer resides in to participate on your team. The remaining team members are from your country. You know that the best way to ensure the project team doesn’t get bogged down in cultural differences and hold up project progress is to: A. Perform team-building exercises using videoconferencing to allow team members to get to know each other and get to the performing stage of team development as soon as possible. B. Provide diversity training for all the team members to make them aware of cultural differences and teach them to function effectively as a team despite these differences. C. Establish your role as project manager as the first order of business and require compliance to company policies. D. Require project team members to read and sign the organization’s diversity policy.

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