What are the skills required to be a project manager?
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Answer Posted / mariya
PLINC
Problem Solving
Leadership
Influential
Negotiation and
Communication Skills
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How do you set goals for your team?
You are a project manager for a growing dairy farm. They offer their organic dairy products regionally and are expanding their operations to the West Coast. They're in the process of purchasing and leasing dairy farms to get operations under way. The sub project manager in charge of network operations has reported some hardware problems to you. You’re also having some other coordinating and integrating other elements of the project. Which of the following is true? A. You are in the Project Plan Execution process. B. Your project team doesn't appear to have the right skills and knowledge needed to perform this project. C. You are in the Information Distribution process. D. Your project team could benefit from some team-building exercises.
Which logical relationship does the PDM use most often? A. Start to finish B. Start to start C. Finish to finish D. Finish to start
As a PMP, one of your responsibilities is to ensure integrity on the project. When your personal interests are put above the interests of the project or when you use your influence to cause others to make decisions in your favor without regard for the project outcome, this is considered: A. Conflict of interest B. Using professional knowledge inappropriately C. Culturally unacceptable D. Personal conflict issue
Sally is a project manager working on the Resource Planning process. She should consider all of the following when developing the resource requirements output except: A. WBS B. Supply purchase policies C. Resource rates D. Special knowledge and talents
Describe capability maturity model (cmm).
What do you think you can bring to this position?
What are the 10 knowledge areas of project management?
The lowest level of the WBS is called what? A. Code of accounts B. Requirement C. Milestone D. Work package
You 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 A. Reduce the technical requirements so that the error is no longer valid.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.
Which of the following is true? A. Discounted cash flow analysis is the least precise of the cash flow techniques as it does not consider the time value of money. B. NPV is the least precise of the cash flow analysis techniques as it assumes reinvestment at the discount rate. C. Payback period is the least precise of the cash flow analysis techniques as it does not consider the time value of money. D. IRR is the least precise of the cash flow analysis techniques because it assumes reinvestment at the cost of capital.
You 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.
Your company provides answering services for several major catalog retailers. The number of calls coming into the service center per month has continued to increase over the past 18 months. The phone system is approaching the maximum load limits and needs to be upgraded. You've been assigned to head up the upgrade project. Based on the company's experience with the vendor who worked on the last phone upgrade project, you're confident they'll be able to assist you with this project as well. Which of the following is true? A. You’ve made an assumption about vendor availability and expertise. The project came about due to a business need. B. Vendor availability and expertise are constraints. The project came about due to a business need. C. You've made an assumption about vendor availability and expertise. The project came about due to a marketing demand. D. Vendor availability and expertise are constraints. The project came about due to a marketing demand.
You are the project manager for Fun Days vacation packages. Your new project assignment is to head up the Fun Days resort opening in Austin, Texas. You are estimating the duration of the project plan activities, devising the project schedule, and monitoring and controlling deviations from the schedule. Which of the Project Management Knowledge Areas are you working in? A. Project Scope B. Project Quality C. Project Integration D. Project Time
You are a project manager for Dutch Harbor Consulting. Your latest project involved the upgrade of an organization's operating system on 236 servers. You performed this project under contract. You are in the Contract Closeout process and have reviewed the contracting process to identify lessons learned. What is the name of the tool and technique of Contract Closeout you used to perform this function? A. Procurement audits B. Performance reviews C. Performance audits D. Procurement reviews