Which of the following statements most accurately describes a project scenario?
A. Changes in project scope during the initial phases of the project are very expensive.
B. The influence of the stakeholders is the same all through the project.
C. Staffing peaks up during the execution phase of a project.
D. The next phase of a project should never start until the deliverables for the previous phase have been completely reviewed and approved.
A company you worked for several years ago is bidding on a project your new company will be starting in approximately 6 months. You have been selected to manage the project, and will be participating in the vendor selection processes. What should you do?
A. Notify the stakeholders of your status and excuse yourself from the vendor selection process.
B. Provide the vendor selection committee with as much detail as you can remember about your former company so that the best decision can be reached.
C. Notify the project stakeholders of your status as a former employee of the bidding company, and comply with their preferences for how you participate in the vendor selection process.
D. Do nothing.
Richard is currently assessing his project stakeholders influences, interests, expectations, risk tolerance and engagement levels. This relates to which of the following tools and techniques?
A. Stakeholder register
B. Stakeholder analysis
C. Autocratic decision making
D. Expert judgement
You are setting up your project team and you are looking at a chart that shows that the programming will be performed by Systems Development, the infrastructure will be implemented by Infrastructure Systems, the customer communication will be handled by the Call Center. This is an example of what type of chart?
A. RACI
B. Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
C. Work Breakdown Structure
D. Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
Experienced project managers always tell that accuracy and precision are not the same. Precise measurements may not be accurate and accurate measurements may not be precise. Which of the following statementsabout the precision and accuracy are CORRECT?
A. Accuracy means the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfill requirements and Precision means a category assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics
B. Accuracy means the values of repeated measurements are clustered and Precision means the measured value is close to the actual value
C. Precision means the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfill requirements and Accuracy means a category assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics
D. Precision means the values of repeated measurements are clustered and Accuracy means the measured value is close to the actual value
Peter is managing the development of an ecommerce website for his organization. Peter enjoys coercive powers and has assigned Julie, a project team member, to facilitate the team meetings. During any team meeting, Julie must?
A. Influence team members to support the project manager’s decisions
B. Support the team members to challenge the project manager’s decisions
C. Negotiate with team members to achieve the project objectives
D. Remain neutral and facilitate the meetings
The RACI chart is an example for a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM). The letters R and C in RACI chart stand for
A. Responsible and consult
B. Resource and consultant
C. Responsible and categorize
D. Resource and consult
You have been offered a position managing a project that will last 12 months. However, you know that in 6 months you will be relocating to another state for family reasons. What should you do?
A. Turn down the position.
B. Accept the position and provide 4 weeks notice before leaving the job.
C. Accept the position and compress the schedule to complete the project in 6 months.
D. Disclose your relocation plans to the hiring manager.
A project manager is performing a set of processes in the Initiating Process Group. Which of the following is likely to be part of the Initiating Process Group?
A. Develop Project Management Plan
B. Define Scope
C. Develop Project Charter
D. Plan Quality Management
What is the free float for Activity B?
A. 2 days
B. 3 days
C. 4 days
D. 5 days