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.
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You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-south highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are in charge of the demolition phase of this project, and you report to the project manager in charge of this project. You have been hired on contract and will be released at the completion of the demolition phase. What type of organizational structure does this represent? A. Functional organization B. Weak matrix organization C. Projectized organization D. Balanced matrix organization
The tools and techniques of Source Selection include all of the following except: A. Contract negotiation B. Work authorization system C. Weighting systems D. Independent estimates
All of the following are benefits of meeting quality requirements except: A. An increase in stakeholder satisfaction B. Less rework C. Low turnover D. Higher productivity
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 tools and techniques of the Source Selection process include all of the following except: A. Contract negotiation B. Correspondence C. Independent estimates D. Screening system
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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. You do not expect these variances to continue, as they're atypical. 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. 25 B. 760 C. 775 D. 833
You are a project manager for Candy Works candy factory. Your project involves reporting information from the newly installed candy-counting machine to the financial system. This will give executives the ability to see production run counts at any rime during the day. The project sponsor has promised you a bonus if you get this project completed two weeks sooner than the scheduled project end date. The bonus will come in handy on your trip to the Bahamas planned for later this spring. You've got a few remaining project activities to wrap up before you can close out the project. Which of the following is the most appropriate response? A. You tell the sponsor the project is complete and treat the remaining activities as though they're problems that came up after project closure so that you can still get the bonus. B. You tell the sponsor the remaining activities are outside the scope of the project so the project really is completed and collect your bonus. C. You tell the sponsor the stakeholders added these requirements after the project was well under way and you never agreed to include them in the project so the project really is complete, and you collect your bonus. D. You tell the sponsor you aren't going to make the two-week early completion date as there are remaining activities to finish up.
You are going to lake some performance measurements for your current project. You know that PV = 450, AC = 500, and EV= 375. What is the CPI and SPI respectively? A. CPI = .90, and SPI = 1.2. B. CPI = .75, and SPI = .83. C. CPI = 1.2, and SPI = .90. D. CPI = .83, and SPI = .75.
You are the project manager for the Late Night Smooth Jazz Club chain, with stores in 12 states. Smooth Jazz is considering opening a new club in Arizona or Nevada. You have derived the following information: Project Arizona: Payback period is 18 months, and the NPV is 250. Project Nevada: Payback period is 24 months, and the NPV is 300. Which project would you recommend to the selection committee? A. Project Arizona because the payback period is shorter than Project Nevada B. Project Nevada because the NPV is a positive number C. Project Arizona because the NPV is a negative number D. Project Nevada because the NPV is a higher number than Project Arizona's NPV
You are a project manager responsible for the construction of a new office complex. You are taking over for a project manager who recently left the company. The prior project manager completed the scope statement and scope management plan for this project. In your interviews with some key stakeholders, you conclude which of the following? A. They understand that the scope statement assesses the Stability of the project scope and outlines how to incorporate scope changes into the project. B. They understand that the scope management plan assesses the stability of the project scope and outlines how to incorporate scope changes into the project. C. They understand that the scope management plan is deliverables oriented and cost estimates can be easily derived it. D. They understand that the scope statement is deliverables oriented and cost estimates can be easily derived from it.
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