The outputs of the Administrative Closure process include all of the following except: A. Project archives B. Project closure C. Lessons learned D. Formal acceptance
947You are a project manager for Penguin Software. Your company creates custom software programs for hospitals and large dental offices. You have just completed a project and are performing earned value analysis, trend analysis, and performance reviews. Which of the following is true? A. This is performance measurement documentation, which is an input to the Contract Closeout process B. This is performance measurement documentation, which is an input to the Administrative Closure process C. These are performance reporting tools and techniques of the Administrative Closure process D. These are performance reporting tools and techniques of the Contract Closeout process
828You have collected the performance measurement documentation for your project to be included in the project archives. What is the purpose of the performance measurement documentation? A. It's used as part of the formal acceptance process to verify contract expenditures. B. It's reviewed to make certain the project goals and objectives were met. C. It's included in the project archive documentation after confirming the accuracy of the measurements. D. It’s used as historical information for future project that are similar in scope to this project.
1025Your project was just completed. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, the project was delayed causing cost overruns at the end of the project. Which of the following is true? A. You document the circumstances as lessons learned. B. You pay particular attention to archiving the financial records for this project. C. Your project ended due to starvation because of the cost overruns. D. You document the circumstances surrounding the project completion during the Scope Verification process.
1175Your project was just completed. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, the project was delayed causing cost overruns at the end of the project. This information might be useful on future projects in all of the following activities except: A. Cost estimating B. Allocating resources C. Product verification D. Activity estimating
919Your project was just completed, accepted, and closed. As is customary for your organization, you conduct a post-implementation audit. The purpose of this audit includes all of the following except: A. Evaluating project goals and comparing them to project product B. Reviewing successes and failures C. Documenting the acceptance of the work results D. Documenting possible improvements for future projects
978Contract documentation is an input to the Contract Closeout process. Contract documentation might include all of the following except: A. Supporting documents B. Contract changes C. Financial documents D. Procurement audit documents
997Procurement 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
890As a project manager, you're responsible for maintaining and ensuring integrity for all of the following except: A. Personal integrity of others B. Project management process C. Personal integrity D. Product integrity
1001You are a project manager working on contract. You’ve performed earned value analysis and discovered that the project will be completed on time and under the original estimated amount. This means the profit to your company will decrease as will your personal bonus. Which of the following should you do? A. Add activities to the project to increase the cost enough to meet the original estimated amount. B. Tell the customer you're adding additional requirements to the project chat were originally cut because of cost constraints. C. Inform the customer that the project is completed and has come in under budget. D. Bill the customer for the full amount of the contract as this was the original agreed-upon price.
962Integrity in the project management field is accomplished through all of the following except: A. Training to learn how to manage relationships with others from different cultures B. Adhering to an ethical code C. Applying established project management processes D. Following the Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct
930You are a project manager for a manufacturing firm that produces Civil War-era replicas and memorabilia. You discover a design error during a test production run on your latest project. Which of the following is the most likely response to this problem? A. Reduce the technical requirements so that the error is no longer valid. B. Go forward with production and ignore the error. C. Go forward with production but inform the customer of the problem. D. Develop alternative solutions to address the error.
1043You are a project manager for a telecommunications firm. You're working on a project that entails upgrading technical hardware and equipment. The estimated cost of the hardware and equipment is $1,725,000. You are reviewing products from three different vendors. One of the vendors invites you to lunch. What is the most appropriate response? A. Thank them but let them know this could be a conflict of interest since you haven't made a decision about which vendor you're going to choose. B. Thank them and decline. You know this could be considered personal gain, which could call your integrity into question. C. Thank them and accept. You don't believe there is a conflict of interest or a personal integrity issue. D. Thank them and decline. You believe this could be a conflict of interest on the part of the vendor, and you don't want to encourage that behavior.
964You are a project manager for a telecommunications firm. You're working on a project that entails upgrading technical hardware and equipment. The estimated cost of the hardware and equipment is $1,725,000. You are reviewing products from three different vendors. One of the vendors offers you and your family the use of the company yacht for the upcoming three-day weekend. What is the most appropriate response? A. Thank them and accept. You don't believe there is a conflict of interest or an integrity issue at stake. B. Thank them and decline. You know this could be considered personal gain, which could call your integrity into question. C. Thank them and accept. Immediately report your actions to the project sponsor so that your motives are not called into question after the fact. D. Thank them and decline. You know this could be considered an integrity issue on the part of the vendor.
946You 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.
1189Post New Project Management Questions
Your upcoming project includes project team members from a foreign country. In order to make certain that cultural differences don't interfere with team performance, thereby affecting the success of the project, your first course of action is to do which of the following: A. Provide diversity training to all the team members. B. Collocate the project team. C. Perform team-building exercises. D. Inform the team members of the organization's rules and standards.
The Project Integration Management knowledge area is made up of which of the following processes? A. Initiation, Project Plan Development, and Integrated Change Control B. Project Plan Development, Project Plan Execution, and Integrated. C. Project Plan Development, Initiation, and Scope Planning D. Initiation, Scope Planning, and Integrated Change Control
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
Which of the following is true regarding the project charter? A. The project charter should be published under the name of a manager external to the project. B. The project charter should be published under the project sponsor's name. C. The project charter should be published under the name of the project manager. D. The project charter should be published under the name of the project champion.
You are a project manager for Star Light Strings. Star Light manufactures strings of lights for outdoor display. Their products range from simple tight strings to elaborate lights with animal designs, bug designs, memorabilia, and so on. Your newest project requires a change. One of the business unit managers submitted a change through the change control system, which utilizes a CCB. Which of the following is true regarding the CCB? A. Describes how change requests are managed B. Requires all change requests in writing C. Approves or denies change requests D. Requires updates to the appropriate management plan
You are a project manager in the manufacturing industry. You are using sample variance measurements to monitor the results of the process over time. Which tool and technique of Quality Control are you using? A. Statistical sampling B. Scatter diagrams C. Control charts D. Pareto diagrams
You 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
You are the project manager for a large construction project. The project objective is to construct a set of outbuildings to house the Olympic support team that will be arriving in your city 18 months from the project start date. Resources are not readily available as they are currently assigned to other projects. Jack, an expert crane operator, is needed for this project two months from today. Which of the following skills will you use to get Jack assigned to your project? A. Negotiation and influencing skills B. Communication and organizational skills C. Communication skills D. Problem-solving skills
You work for a large manufacturing plant. You're in the Initiation process of a new project for an overseas product release. This is the company's first experience in the overseas market, and they hope to make a big splash with the introduction of this product. The project entails producing your product in a concentrated formula and packaging it in smaller containers than the U.S. product uses. A new machine is needed in order to mix the first set of ingredients in the concentrated formula. Which of the following actions should the project manager take? A. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and recommend the project proceed. B. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and assume the project is a go. C. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and recommend a feasibility study be performed. D. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and deliver it to the stakeholders.
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
What are the initiation process outputs? A. Project charter, identification and assignment of project manager, constraints, and project overview documents B. Project charter, project overview, feasibility study, and constraints C. Project charter, identification and assignment of project manager, constraints, and assumptions D. Identification and assignment of project manager, project overview, constraints, and assumptions
You are a project manager for a network cabling project for your organization. Your project team is made up of six full-time employees and three contractors. This is the first time they have all worked together. You know that the team will go through the stages of team development in the following order: A. Forming, storming, norming, and performing B. Storming, norming, forming, and performing C. Norming, storming, forming, and performing D. Forming, norming, storming, performing
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.
All of the following strategies are tools and techniques of Risk Response Planning used to reduce or control risk except? A. Mitigation B. Simulation C. Avoidance D. Acceptance
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