Performance reporting tools and techniques include all of the following except:
A. Earned value analysis
B. Statistical sampling
C. Variance analysis
D. Performance reviews
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You are the project manager for Heart of Texas casual clothing company. Your project involves installing a new human resources system. You've identified the risks associated with this project and are ready for the next step. What is the next step? A. You will evaluate the risks and assign probabilities and impacts using Qualitative and/or Quantitative Risk Analysis. B. You will use the Delphi technique to confirm the risks you've detailed and identify others you may have missed. C. You must evaluate the risks and assign probabilities and impacts using both Qualitative Risk Analysis, which comes first, then Quantitative Risk Analysis. D. You will define the steps to take to respond to the risks and detail them in the risk response plan.
The primary function of the Closing process is to: A. Formalize lessons learned and distribute this information to project participants B. Perform audits to verify the project results against the project requirements C. Formalize project completion and disseminate this information to project participants D. Perform post-implementation audits to document project successes and failures
All of the following are true regarding configuration management except: A. Requires all acceptance decisions to be made through the CCB B. Serves as a change control system C. Describes the physical characteristics of the product of the project D. Controls changes to the characteristics of an item or system
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.
The project sponsor has approached you with a dilemma. The CEO announced at the annual stockholders meeting that the project you're managing will be completed by the end of this year. The problem is that this is six months prior to the scheduled completion date. It's too late to go back and correct her mistake, and stockholders are expecting implementation by the announced date. You must speed up the delivery date of this project. Your primary constraint before this occurred was the budget. What actions can you take to help speed up the project? A. Hire more resources to get the work completed faster. B. Ask for more money so that you can contract out one of the phases you had planned to do with in-house resources. C. Utilize negotiation and influencing skills to convince the project sponsor to speak with the CEO and make a correction to her announcement. D. Examine the project plan to see if there are any phases that can be fast tracked, and then revise the project plan to reflect the compression of the schedule.
What is the difference between direct and indirect measures?
Your project is in the Scope Definition process. You've just completed the WBS. Which of the following is true? A. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to a level where alternatives identification can be used to determine how level two assignments should be made. B. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to a level where project constraints and assumptions can be easily identified. C. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to the work package level where product analysis can be documented. D. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to the work package level where cost and time estimates can be easily determined and quality control measurements can be determined.
This process applies evaluation criteria to the bids and proposals received from potential vendors: A. Solicitation B. Contract Administration C. Source Selection D. Quality Assurance
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.
During your project meeting, a problem was discussed and a resolution to the problem was reached. During the meeting, the participants started wondering why they thought the problem was such a big issue. Sometime after the meeting, you received and e-mail from one of the meeting members saying they've changed their mind about the solution reached in the meeting and need to resurface the problem. The solution reached during the initial project meeting is an example of which of the following conflict resolution techniques? A. Confrontation B. Forcing C. Smoothing D. Storming
What is the process in the Executing process group that determines if the project satisfies qualityćstandards, identifies lessons learned, and review quality management activities to verify the correct quality elements are being examined? A. Quality Control B. Quality Monitoring and Control C. Quality Assurance D. Scope Verification
The product description, strategic plan, project selection criteria, and historical information are considered: A. Inputs to the project Planning process B. Inputs to the project Overview process C. Inputs to the project Initiation process D. Inputs to the project Execution process