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.
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You are a project manager who has recently held a project team kickoff meeting where all the team members were formally introduced to each other. Some of the team members know each other from other projects and have been working with you for the past 3 weeks during the Planning processes. Which of the following is true? A. Team building begins once all the members of the team are identified and introduced to each other. This team is in the storming stage of Team Development. B. Team building begins at the Planning process. This team is in the storming stage of Team Development. C. Team building begins once all the members of the team are identified and introduced to each other. This team is in the forming stage of Team Development. D. Team building begins at the Planning process. This team is in the forming stage of Team Development.
These diagrams rank order factors for corrective action by frequency of occurrence. They are also a type of histogram: A. Control charts B. Process flowcharts C. Scatter diagrams D. Pareto diagrams
All of the following are types of project closures or endings except: A. Addition B. Integration C. Verification D. Extinction
You have been hired as a contract project manger for Grapevine Vineyards. Grapevine wants you to design an Internet wine club for their customers. One of the activities for this project is the installation and testing of several new servers. You know from past experience it takes about 16 hours per server to accomplish this task. Since you're installing 10 new servers, you estimate this activity to take 160 hours. Which of the estimating techniques have you used? A. Analogous estimating B. Bottom-up estimating C. Quantitatively based duration D. Reserve time
How do you set goals for your team?
According to the Guide to the PMBOK, the project manager is identified and assigned during which process? A. As an input to the Initiation process B. As an input to the Planning process C. As an output of the Initiation process D. As an output of the Scope Planning process
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You are the newly appointed project manager for a pharmaceutical company. Your company has asked you to head up a project to research a new children's medication. You've identified the lab equipment you'll need, the software needed to perform analysis and measurements, and the skill level and types of the technicians and researchers for this project. Which of the following is true? A. The project manager and resources have been identified as part of the outputs of the Initiation process, and this information can be found in the project charter. B. The resources and project manager have been identified as an input to the project Initiation phase. Further information is needed to produce the project charter, which will include the resources and project manager. C. The project manager and resources have been identified as part of the project selection process. The selection committee requires resource information to make a final decision. D. The resources and project manager have been identified as part of the project selection process. The selection committee requires resource information to make a final decision.
You are a project manager for Snow Fun, a chain of retail shops specializing in winter sports gear and clothing. You’ve been working on contract with Snow Fun and are ready to move on to your next assignment. The customer has signed off on the project, formal acceptance notices have been distributed, and project closure procedures have been performed. What type of project ending is this? A. Extinction B. Starvation C. Integration D. Addition
Your project is progressing as planned. The project team has comp up with a demo that the sales team will use when making presentations to perspective clients. You will do which of the following at your next stakeholder process. A. Report on the progress of the demo and note that it's a completed task B. Preview the demo for stakeholders and obtain their approval and sign-off C. Review the technical documentation of the demo and obtain approval and sign-off D. Report that the demo has been noted as a completed task in the information retrieval system
You are a project manager working for Mail House King. Your company processes orders for several mail-order catalog companies. Your project is to install new mail-sorting equipment and software. You’ve had some problems and experienced some variances so far during the project. Your project sponsor has asked for an EAC. You know the following information: PV = 800, BAC = 700, EV = 675, AC = 750, and ETC = 30. Which of the following is the correct EAC given the circumstances? A. 778 B. 780 C. 861 D. 833
Your 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.