- Some of the advantages of using time boxes and cycles in project coordination efforts include creating urgency, measuring progress, and allowing for predictable measurements.
True
2. Even though most project managers are not contract specialists, they need to understand the process well enough to coordinate with the team. For the current assignment, you are looking at a short-term and small effort with a contractor of just a few hours without significant clarity. Which of the following would be the most applicable contract to use in this situation?
A) Time and materials
3. The project you are working on has had modifications to the plan from the start and even how the project is run. Project governance covers all of the 3 following except:
A) Naming The project manager
4. Of the following, which is most likely a trigger condition defined early in the project?
A) Alerting Governance board if 10 percent over schedule
5. Of the following options, which stand out as the most applicable to situations where escalation is necessary? (Choose two.)
A) 1. Some situations where the team is stuck and require assistance from the sponsor
2. Any time that a requirement is beyond the tolerance level defined
6. Match the following terms with their definitions.
7. The team has been working together for many months but finally is ready to test the end result. A fairly new employee isn’t sure why the team has been told that work will be halted after it goes to testing. Which of the following would not be a reason that might be used by an experienced project manager
A) The team is about to perform a spike and needs the time to avoid making changes.
8. Another way to describe the scope baseline is that it is the current expected work to be performed from this point forward.
A) False
9. Phase gates tend to be a tool used to approve work at various completion points (gates) and then allow the work to proceed to the next stage (phases).
A) True
10. Risk management is a complex area within project management because it entails lot of guesswork about what will or will not occur but includes several areas of how to handle such risk. Of the following, which TWO would be covered under the risk management plan?
1. Tracking documents required for the specific project
2. Specific funding reconciliation limits
11. The construction project that the team has been working on for a couple years is coming to a close. Individuals have been working to keep solid notes on the things that have gone well and gone poorly, and they wish to share these notes with one another. During the session, these notes are recorded and then will be retained by the project manager in which resource?
A) Lessons learned register
12. To lead a team that will certainly face conflicts in work product, schedule, budget, resources, and other areas, you will have to engage in emotional intelligence, leadership, influencing, and decision-making.
A) True
13. Throughout the life of a project, you are focused on assuring the stakeholders get the right information at the right time. Which is not a part of the communications management plan?
A) Records for project duration
14. During the progress of making a new service protocol, the team has become aware of an outside supplier, for current work, which has filed for bankruptcy. Considering the situation is urgent, what would be the best response for the team?
A) Do what is possible to reduce the impact of the risk by shifting a few team members to locate and secure another supplier.
15. Global projects now require resources that did not meet the expectations of project managers years ago. They require more flexibility for remote, virtual, and on-demand collaboration. Of the following, which is least relevant to a globally dispersed, non-co-located team?
A) Caves and commons
16. When calculating the schedule variance of project that is around 60 percent complete, which formula would you use?
A) Earned value minus the planned value
17. A control account is typically used to identify actual cost to the budget and can be used for earned value calculations.
A) True
18. When using a RACI chart, which of the following would a non-sponsor executive most likely be labelled during the period when work s being produced?
A) Inform
19. When you are considering a quality management plan, what are the benefits? (Choose two.)
1. There should be an improved focus on the value delivered from the project.
2. Expectations are that the project will see fewer cost overruns.
20. A scrum team is currently too large, causing inefficiencies with completing tasks, and this is causing the daily standup meeting to take too long. What would be the best approach in this situation?
A) Create two or more smaller teams and organize scrum of scrum meetings.
21. When you are breaking down projects into their subtopics, predictive and agile have varying terminology. Match the terms to the predictive or adaptive/agile toolbox.
22. The primary role of the project manager on an adaptive project is to focus on directing the work in regular increments so that the work doesn’t fall behind schedule.
A) False
23. Which of the following are specifically ceremonies that would be used in a Scrum framework for a project with a very flexible scope? (Choose two.)
1. Sprint Planning meeting
2. Daily Standup
24. The use of a product backlog would be an agile artifact.
True
25. Iterative scheduling with the team allows for all of the following except:
A) Determination of an exact delivery date based on the number of points completed and remaining
26. A senior project manager will be leaving the organization in a few months. You have been asked to draw from as much of their experience as possible. You have determined to meet with them every week. Which will be the most effective way to achieve knowledge transfer during this exchange?
A) Schedule a formal meeting almost every week to have a face-to-face conversation.
27. The cost baseline is useful for every project manager and includes all of the following but which category of costs?
A) ‘Management reserves
28. Your current project team has been working for some time on the involvement from all relevant stakeholders. Of the following, which is the most problematic level of engagement?
A) The individual who has been provided several communications about the long-term effects, but when you ask their opinion, seems surprised that there was a coming change
29. Although an agile team is usually not held to specific deadlines for the overall project, team members frequently use tools to track progress within a specific iteration. Which of the following are most likely the visual tools used for monitoring such project? (Choose two.)
1. Kanban board
2. Burnup chart
30. The team you participate on is a lot of fun. Group members make decisions together based on input from everyone. There is a minor detail that seems to have sparked a variety of concepts. Any of the ideas might work, but a single decision must be made. Which of the following would be least necessary for making a team decision?
A) Unanimity
31. The current project manager for your team suggests that the team give specific details for the work to be completed in the short term but then provides only high-level plans for the long term. You are surprised to hear this but then remember that this is called ____.
A) Rolling wave planning
32. Every meeting is a chance to transfer information. It may come from individuals or be provided to the participants of the meeting. Which of the following is least likely to be beneficial for the team meeting?
A) Allows maximum efficiency when there is a free-flowing approach
33. Your team has been working on a construction project with a well-defined structure, cost, and schedule. Several mistakes and some great discoveries were made during the process. You are looking for a way to capture this information. What is the best way?
A) Gather the team and enter the lessons leamed into a register.
34. A project team member has been with the organization for only a short time. You explain that the change control system is specifically designed to avoid unnecessary changes to the project, which may include all of the following but which one?
A) Specific pre-established maximum number of changes to the project
35. Match the most likely communication frequency to the communication type.
36. of the following options, which is the least beneficial life cycle for a flexible scope?
A) Predictive
37. One of the tools used in more lean projects is that of a value stream map. Of the following terms, which is probably excluded from a value stream map?
A) Estimates of product contracts involved
38. The official leader of this team behaves differently than those you have known before. This leader is focused on helping team members succeed at the work they attempt. This focus forms a bond with the team and leader. Of the following, which characterizes the servant leader least effectively?
A) Addressing the team from a task-focused perspective
39. Which of the following is least likely to use cost estimates throughout the project life cycle?
A) Terms and conditions
40. Over the past few days, the project sponsor has been working on the project charter with the project manager they have assigned. A team has not been developed yet. As they work through the project charter, they remind each other of the primary reason for this document, which is
A) To generate the vision of the expected outcome and align with organizational strategic goals.
41. All of the following would be considered project variances except:
A) A risk that the project may be out of resources necessary near the end is identified.
42. Based on your experience with Agile you have been brought on to a scrum project as an Agile coach. On your first day you realize that the different scrum teams are working independently, and the scrum masters do not know the work of the other scrum teams. They also are not aware of the status of the other teams. What is the most likely reason for this?
A) A scrum of scrums was not set up
43. {In the sender-receiver model of communication, the person who receives the message is said to________ the message.
A) Decode
44. project team has noted that they are having a difficult time acquiring as many staff members as they need This is especially true in the technical fields. shortage of staff and contractors would fall under.
A) Enterprise environmental factors
45. Throughout the project life cycle, your project manager has repeatedly emphasized how important it is for the team to observe and record important learnings that will affect future projects. Which of the following is least likely to be a fair statement to or of the team?
A) Note all details of the specific product features that this client requested.
46. It would come as no surprise that most projects involve a large series of contracts to confirm expectations of the work and who will be delivering the work. You are not sure that there is enough time to get a contract in place up front but wish to start work. Which tools might more likely be used while a contract is being developed? (Choose two.)
1. Memorandum of understanding
2. Letter of intent
47. Of the following, which is the correct range for a net promoter score?
A) -100 to 100
48. Following is a list of consensus methods. Match the method with the closest description.
49. When you are confirming that the product, service, or result is complete to a work breakdown structure, many terms and satisfying conditions might be met. Which of the following is the only predictive term used for this purpose?
A) Acceptance criteria
50. Which of the following options are considered interpersonal and team skills? (Choose two.)
1. Transparency
2. Motivation
51. At the beginning of the project, the team has assembled a list of all requirements and measurements that will be used to address the overall project work. Of the following, which is the proper response that the team should take to confirm the work product?
A) Check with the product owner and make sure that they verify requirements.
52. You are an experienced team facilitator recently hired by your company to lead its first Agile project. Your team is asking which artifacts it will need to update as the project progresses. Which of the following is not an artifact used in Agie?
A) Schedule baseline
53. When you are closing a project, when does the closing process begin?
A) When the planned work is completed
54. When should the team and product owner perform backlog grooming?
A) Regularly throughout the project
55. Quality is best defined by the degree to which a product, service, or result meets the defined requirements.
A) True
56. Scope management requires a number of skills and tools for a practiced user. Of the following, which tools or techniques would be useful for the project team to employ for scope management? (Choose two.)
1. Demonstrating expert judgment with decisions
2. Seeking alternatives to the project approach and execution
57. often, project teams are expected to provide an interpretation of results and status over time. Of the following, when you’re working with a predictive project, which is not a formal step or component of the project?
A) Work performance expectations
58. You, as a project manager, sent about half of your team to a specialized training to develop a specific skill so that it doesn’t slow down the team in the long run. Which is the best way to assure that training occurred?
A) Use baseline and post-training assessments.
59. When looking to motivate a team, you want to enable their ________ to sacrifice for the company goal and also to keep your own ________ at peak levels, regardless of obstacles.
1. Commitment
2. Optimism
60. Feedback is a regular process during communication. If it is in person, the feedback is immediate. Which of the following statements is least true about feedback?
A) The typical feedback should come in formal survey format to avoid confusion.
61. Of the following, which is the least important aspect to use while working with stakeholder identification?
A) Stakeholder communication and RACI diagrams
62. When developing the work breakdown structure (WBS), a collection of team members put in a lot of thought and effort. Of the following, which words best describe the effort of work decomposition and the ultimate WBS created? (Choose two.)
1 Hierarchical
2. Logical
63. You are part of an Agile team. It is late in the day and you still have not received the data from another department that you need to get started on the next user story. What would be the best approach in this situation?
A) Bring this up at the daily stand-up meeting the following morning
64. Which of the following items are least likely to be used when there is a contract dispute? (Choose two.)
1. Nonconformance to an internal process is not covered by the contract specifically.
2. The project manager negotiates the settlement between supplier and the buying company.
65. The minimum viable product is the smallest segment of work that may be produced at a given time and still provides some value.
A) False
66. You are determined to acquire a high-quality team of individuals who will support the effort from the external client. You will not have a lot of time, so you wish for them to be self-sufficient. Of the following, which is least beneficial to this team?
A) Subject matter experts involved with advanced certifications
67. The managers of a few teams are debating which is better to provide incentives for future efforts on their projects. They are looking at various ways to reward or recognize individual efforts. Of the following, which is not a trait of recognizing employees?
A) Providing for something economic such as money or a gift
68. Match the following terms to their definitions.
69. As the lead in a project team, you are trying to assure that all of the interests of parties are included into the overall planning and therefore would most likely I use which of the following tools?
A) Stakeholder register
70. Knowledge transfer occurs between team members both intentionally and unintentionally. The organization will benefit least from which of these options?
A) Templates for all portions of the process to expedite the work
71. The use of shared task boards, videoconferencing, lessons learned repositories, and chat functions all increase collaboration.
A) True
72. Resource assignments should occur based on team members assigned to the project, roles and responsibilities, a team directory, organization charts, and I schedule.
A) True
73 The project sponsor has asked for time with the project manager to go over plans for the next project. Of the following, which is the least relevant to the business case?
A) Provides the initial funding for the project
74. The current project has a cost performance index of 0.8. The estimate at completion would most likely be calculated as:
A) Higher than the original estimate
75. You have a new employee who has no experience with projects. This person has never dealt with quality either. When discussing levels of quality, you would note that the most restrictive include
A) De jure regulations
76. There are many potential places for risk to pop up. The team needs to be mindful throughout the entire project that new risks may arise. Which of the following sources would not be a formal source-based risk classification?
A) Scope-based risk classification
77. Training artifacts include components such as courseware, lab configurations, pre-tests and post-tests, and trainer updates.
A) True
78. The topic of organizational theory is focused on how people, teams, and organizations behave.
A) True
79. In the past week, you have noticed that the project team changed two tasks from A to B on the project schedule to B to A. This change seemed odd because you thought the schedule was locked in, but apparently not, because the same team resources are doing the work. This dependency would be represented by which terms? (Choose two.)
1. Discretionary
2. Internal
80. The team to which you have been assigned was asked to consider the potential negative consequences of implementing the new service. Of the following, which risk identification techniques would you not consider using?
A) Retrospective of iteration
81. There are quite a few ways to rank the requirements and expectations for a project’s outcome. Which of the following would be used for this purpose to ensure all stakeholders’ interests are included? (Choose two.)
1. MoSCoW analysis
2. Kano model
82. The appropriate governance for your project will likely be unique for each project; therefore, the project team members will be key in establishing such.
A) False
83. Match the following terms to their definitions.
84. Match the following terms with their definitions:
85. When working with the software development team, the organization has determined that the best way to improve productivity is through _____ and 3
1. Teamwork
2. Autonomy
86. When working with your project team, you note the project leader is focused on getting things done more quickly. It’s a common theme on all projects you have observed or participated on. Of the following, which would be least relevant to encouraging this culture?
A) Emphasize the initial project plan and avoid deviations from such plans.
87. The critical path is a singular path or sequence of activities through a project that defines the minimum time the project may take.
A) False
88. There are numerous ways to communicate, and they can be categorized in a myriad of ways. However, in project management, two broad categories require the sender to provide information known as ___________ or the receiver to locate information known as ____________
1. Push
2. Pull
89. You have been monitoring the status of a project and wish to confirm it is well within the metrics established by the team up front. Which of the following options would be considered quality management data visualizations? (Choose two.)
1. Cause-and-effect diagram
2. Scatter diagram
90. Risk is the negative effect of a situation to the project outcomes.
A) False
91. when you are evaluating business value provided to the end user or customer, which of the following may be excluded as least relevant?
A) Your team has collected significant information to allow your organization to become more efficient.
92. The team has been assigned to a complex detail and is looking to determine the exact delivery date for the detail. Team members should use planning poker to obtain story points to estimate in this situation.
A) False
93. The types of contracts that would be most likely agile are not the same s traditional projects. Of the contract types noted here, which are least likely to be used for an agile project? (Choose two.)
1. Fixed fee plus incentive
2. Firm fixed price
94. Which of the following terms are for the specific ceremony where members meet for 15 minutes each day to discuss action and issues? (Choose two.)
1. Daily Scrum
2. Daily standup
95. When completing lessons leamed, most teams attempt to be as complete as possible. Which of the following is least important to the project manager for future improvement?
A) Product-specific lessons learned
96. A colleague advised you that, as a new project manager, you will be expected to provide leadership support to your team. Which of the following would be the most appropriate items to select for this role? (Choose two.)
1. Encourage the team to support project value delivery.
2. Remove roadblocks, obstacles, and impediments.
97. The stakeholder register is first prepared in which of the five process groups?
A) During initiation phases with the project sponsor
98. The WBS dictionary is important to explain many of the work packages that the team has outlined. Which of the following items would certainly be included in a WBS dictionary? (Choose two.)
1. Cost estimations
2. scheduled milestones
99. You are managing a large Agile project and have advised senior management that because Agile teams are generally small, the best approach will be to have several small Agile teams for this project. Senior management is concerned by this and is questioning how teams will know what other teams are doing. You should explain to senior management that you will ___________to alleviate their concerns.
A). Create regular scrum of scrum meetings
100. For the last week, the team has been assessing what it would take to design the product inside the group but also has received bids from a few contractors. This method is best known as the
A) Make-or buy analysis
101. Which of the following are advantages of focusing on the minimum business increment? (Choose two.)
1. Enabling the project team to deliver more quickly
2. Permitting the improvements to be validated more efficiently
102. There are many ways to determine the risk of a specific project. Quantitative risk analysis takes significantly longer than qualitative risk analysis.
True
103. You, as the project manager, have worked with the team to provide the project scope statement based on the project charter and business documents. Which of the following is least likely to be found in the project scope statement?
A) Contract types used for subject matter experts in the closing phase
104. When dealing with project resource calendars, which of the following is least relevant to the project team?
A) Currency used
105. During the latest iteration of a project, the team faced a situation that required the leader to step in and assist. Ten machines were working on a product, but four of them became nonfunctional. To keep work moving at the same pace, the leader rented four temporary machines to assist. This would best be represented by:
Impediments
106. The ground rules established by the team benefit the group by ______and ______:
1. Decreasing risk of confusion
2. Setting performance standards
107. Match the risk response to the example. If it were raining outside, and you were staying at a hotel, how you would address the risk?
108. Match the following terms to their definitions.
109. Which of the following columns would be least useful to the project team on a stakeholder register?
A) The work packages for which the stakeholder would take responsibility
110. The team that you participate in has experienced a lot of progress, and you just heard that you are coming up on a major milestone. Which of the following statements is not true about milestones?
A) Milestones may be one of the most expensive parts of the project.
111. Of the following examples, which will most likely benefit from an agile or adaptive set of project management tools.
A) Development of a 100-level video game
112. The organization for which you work has been developing a new service for clients. This has been going on for about a year. Its a new industry, and you are not certain how much you have accomplished compared to competitors. To make this comparison, you would best be suited to perform
A) Benchmarking
113. Your role as a project leader is to focus on the team’s development through facilitation and servant leadership.
A). True
114. As a project manager, you spend much of your time focusing on the communication aspect of the project. Of the following, which is /east relevant to a successful team from a communication perspective?
A). Determining the best time of day to meet with the client
115. Over the past two weeks, several frustrating conditions have caused the team’s productivity to slow down. Impediments would be measured by using the —and the ____.
1. kanban board
2. Issue log
116. As a senior project individual with more experience than many people on your team, you note that the hybrid function that the team performs uses many different tools. You explain that because the schedule is important to the client, they want exact dates, so your team has elected predictive tools for this aspect. Which of the following schedule models would be appropriate? (Choose two.)
1. Gantt chart
2. Milestone chart
117. You have been dealing with a client who requests changes frequently, despite there being a detailed initial plan in place with schedule and budget. Each time the client requests a modification, you refer to the change management plan, which addresses all of the following but which?
A) What is the maximum budget that can be extended to with client and sponsor approval?
118. Communication has been said to be 90 percent of a project manager’s job. When you are communicating with a sensitive topic to a variety of stakeholders, which method would be best for interpreting subtle feedback?
A) Face-to-face meetings
119. A scatter diagram is most frequently used to demonstrate the relationship between two or more variables and to see the relative relationship in the data.
A). True
120 Match the social skills with the managerial skills in the right column.
121. Match the correct project management method (lifecycle) to the project agreement objective.
122. Of the following, which is the least concerning or least likely for the project team when dealing with causes of change?
A) The project team has different functions; therefore, some of these minor conflicts require adapting the work.
123. Many parties are involved in delivering most projects. When you are dealing with a client and project that expect to have many changing requirements throughout the life cycle, which of the following parties will have the most contact with the delivery of features, stories, and tasks? (Choose two.)
1. Project team member
2. Scrum master
124. When the team is working with a client who prefers to avoid risk, they need to measure the so that they know how little risk they wish to take and the to know the maximum time or funding deviations they can afford.
1. Risk threshold
2. Risk appetite
125. Align the terms under the categories of configuration control and change management plan.
126. Many subsidiary plans of a project could include combinations of skill. When you are dealing with vendors or suppliers over a lengthy timeframe, all of the following are steps that might touch both procurement and communications planning at the same time except which of the following?
A) Supplier selection criteria revised during execution
127. The team is working on developing a new cellular telephone. Which of the following options would most likely fall under project scope definition? (Choose two.)
1. Specific deliverable work components such as defining the case, glass, and electronics
2. Identifying exclusions that will not be provided by the project team such as marketing and sales
128. Your team works in a hybrid environment and recognizes that sometimes the original plans, short term or long term, are off pace with expectation. Of the following, which s least likely a measure of the variance analysis?
A) Use of the team charter for task completion
129. here are many primary reasons and some secondary reasons for having contingency responses prepared in advance of a risk event. Of the following, which is least likely to be a benefit noted?
A) It will keep the planning time down for initial efforts and thus reduce budget needs.
130. The team that you manage is outlining a proposed process which will expedite the overall delivery of product for your client’s customers. Which of the following would be the /east beneficial approach to solving this scenario?
A) Provide a physical prototype of the product being shipped.
131. During the life cycle of the project, an individual must use a number of skills and sometimes improve those skills to meet the tasks at hand. When someone with a skill that requires experience attempts to pass it along to others, this would best be represented by
A) A mentor looking to pass along tacit knowledge to the team member
132. While you are working on a long-term construction project, certain paths and activities are not crucial to start at the earliest date but can be delayed for a variety of resource reasons without delaying the overall project. These tasks usually are referred to as having float or slack.
A) True
133. The team is demonstrating the minimum business increment to key stakeholders. More than likely, which ceremony is being performed?
A) Sprint review
134. During a sprint review, the project team reviews all of the progress with the project leader or Scrum master to make sure things are on track.
A) False
135. Itis Monday morning, and you were invited to a 9:00 a.m. kickoff meeting for the newest project in the department. Twenty-five people from various departments are expected, including the client. Which of the following items should not be a part of the kickoff meeting? (Choose two.)
1. Completing the list of required external contractors required for completing the project
2. Establishing an outline for the work to be completed by which dates, with assignments
136. After delivering the final sprint, and the last iteration completed all desired user stories, the project team is ready to move on. One of the final steps is to provide final artifacts that include all but.
A) The iteration backiog
137. During a recent meeting, the director of the PMO indicated that use of product roadmaps will be encouraged more in the future. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about product roadmaps?
A) Product roadmaps have a standardized appearance and style across industries and markets.
138. The Kanban board usually has three columns—”To do, work in progress, done”—but may also have several other columns.
A) True
139. Communication is more than just delivery. Which of the following is nota component to active listening merits?
A) Preparing to respond as soon as the individual finishes speaking
140. Of the following, which TWO methods would be used to outline an agile project in terms of the most to least important features or stories?
1. Use the 100 points method with a team
2. Review the product backlog with the owner
141.After working with the team for several months, an intern was unclear on the practical use of a scope management plan. The best explanation would be
A) To describe how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated.
142. Allof the following guidelines would be established for focusing on compliance in a project except.
A) Market-specific standards of marketing
143. As the project manager, you will be responsible for several components of the schedule, well in advance of the execution of real work. Which of the following is least relative to the schedule management plan?
A) Contract payment terms
144. Stakeholders not only need to be identified but also need to be classified. Of the following list, which pairing is /least relevant to classifying stakeholders?
A) Newer/established
145. Consider the following measurements and match to their calculation.
146. When a member of an organization decides to delay deciding on an urgent issue because they are not in agreement with the group’s decision, this would bean example of withdrawal or avoidance.
A) True
147. Due to a recent acquisition of another organization, your company has decided to merge two teams. However, due to the distance, it was determined that most work will be done using an online video platform, electronic data interchange, and email to move things forward. The project manager for this team will have to focus on which of the following more than a co-located group? (Choose two.)
1. Building trust through online social interaction up front
2. Addressing communication methods determined for the project to be successful
148. The retrospective ceremony is most likely developed as a tool to show the customer, client, or owner what the current progress looks like.
A) False
149. Which of the following TWO definitions refer to paperwork and tools used in the project to provide end value to the client, customer, or user?
1. Artifacts
2. Project documents
150. When you are dealing with a specific conflict in an organization, of the following, which would be considered the best resolution approach?
A) Collaboration/Problem solving
151. After a lesson learned exercise, there are a number of ways to make sure of the results. Of the following, which would be omitted from an explanation to a new project manager about these purposes?
A) They should be kept in the project file and privacy guidelines respected.
152. Match the following topics of either agile ceremonies or artifacts to the proper column.
153. When looking to improve social skills, you would pay attention to building your bonds with your network.
A) True.
154. All of the following terms may be used for projects with a well-defined scope, and budget from the outset of execution:
A) Incremental Project Management
155. Match the term to the Management column or of the leadership column
156. Collaboration with all stakeholders should be a primary focus of the project manager and team. Which of the following is less likely to be a tenet of the approach with the stakeholder?
A) keeping the agreement alive by engaging stakeholders who support the cause and removing those who do not
157. The organization has established some fairly standardized criteria for selecting vendors or suppliers. Of the following, which is least likely to be a source selection criterion?
A. Credit history from 10 years ago
158. Project managers must determine appropriate rates for their team, including availability, experience, knowledge, skills, attitude, and regional representation.
A. true
159. In a more predictive environment, the project manager is more likely to outline expectations and direct the team members and contractors’ performance.
A. True
160. The director of the project management office has been tasked with developing project managers, besides meeting delivery of multiple projects. Of the following, which is the least likely characteristic to be seen in a strong leader?
A. The person most likely to hold the process outlined in the past to assure continuity.
161. Match the following terms to their definitions.
162. The approach of management by objectives is a tool participants use to measure each outcome by set checkpoints with the customer or owner of a product.
A. False
163. One of your team members has a sudden emergency and needs to take a few days off work during the sprint. However, it turns out that there is an automation process that only this team member knows about, which causes a slowdown on your team’s performance. When would you address this issue to prevent it from occurring again?
A. You would address this at the sprint retrospective
164. Through out the life cycle of the current project, your team has stopped to take account of performance – not just the project metrics, but the team itself. Which of the following would be primary benefits of this exercise to the team? (Choose two)
A. 1. Improving team member interaction and communication
2. Improving team member competencies and skills in the long run
165. Earned value is measured by the amount of cost incurred throughout the life of the project.
A. False
166. Projects can be extremely stressful. This means that not only do we need to think, but we need to recognise emotional conditions for ourselves and for others. Of the following, which is most useful to begin with emotional situations?
A. Take a few moments to recognise your own emotional state before moving on.
167. You are the project manager on a new project that was just kicked off. The team is evaluating the work to be completed. One individual ask what you mean when you state. “Let’s begin with a document analysis.” Which of the following is least likely to be included in the document analysis?
A. Current project risk register
168. Configuration management may be used for controlling product iterations, product specifications, project documents, standards and testing,
True
169. Continuous improvement tools include the lessons learned, retrospectives, and experimentation (or trying new things).
A. True
170. The team is working on determining the order and linkage between tasks on the project. There is a field survey going on that reaches out to 2,500 customers. One team member started the project report for this work while the survey was still being done but said it will be about one week after the survey is complete for the report to be complete. This is an example of
A. Finish-to-finish relationship
171. You were assigned as the project manager for the ISHU project and well into the execution of the work have found that a specific issue has risen. How would you first address the issue?
A. Document the issue into the log following the template format established during planning.
172. The organization for which you have started working is very large. It has been working with teams of individuals to determine the best ways of working. Of the following options, which one is the least likely to be a part of the disciplined agile approaches?
A. Confirming the initial plan and making sure to execute on it according to the outline.
173. A preparation for your next assignment, a senior mentor has reached out to ask how will you engage individuals on the team and external to the team. This mentor would recommend using all of the following tools to help in this endeavour except.
A. Earned value management
174. Conditions that affect a project but are not within their control due to industry, market or organizational requirements would be called Organizational Process Assets (or OPAs).
A. False
175. Which of the following is the least likely collaboration tool to use in an Agile environment?
A. Status reports
176. Match the quality theory to the author.
177. When starting a project, the team with which you are working is focussed on the methods that will be used throughout the project. Of the following, which items would be used to define this method? (Choose two).
A. 1. Team norms
2. Ways of working
178. When you are establishing a project team, there will be a variety of scenarios regarding how the staff will be acquired, onboarded, managed, and released. Match the method to the practice.
179. Your project team has made significant progress but recognizes that there remains potential to miss all company and federal requirements. All of the following would be significant benefits to the project team focusing on compliance and risks except.
A. Eliminating the resource shortages that might be faced at any stage of the project.
180. Projects are rarely completed exactly on the date and exactly on budget with complete satisfaction of the customer/client. Ther is usually a range of acceptable scope, schedule, and budget known as “tolerances.”
A. true
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