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You are the project manager for a web development project. You hold regular project status meetings and publish status reports on a timely basis. You know that communication is one of your most important functions. As such, all of the following are true except: A. Senders are responsible for sending clear, concise, complete messages. B. Receivers are responsible for understanding the message. C. Communication can be vertical or horizontal or both. D. Effective communication techniques include making eye contact, nodding, and asking clarifying questions.

972

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Your company manufactures small kitchen appliances. They are introducing a new product line of appliances in designer colors with distinctive features for kitchens in small spaces. These new products will be offered indefinitely starting with the spring catalog release. In order to determine the characteristics and features of the new product line, you will have to perform which of the following? A. Fast tracking B. Consulting with the stakeholders C. Planning the project life cycle D. Progressive elaboration

1169

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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

1252

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You've reached a stale of independence where you're able to express yourself and perform at your peak level of performance. Being the best you can be is the motivator that drives you. Which of the following is true? A. This is an example of the Expectancy theory. B. You've reached self-actualization in Maslow's Hierarchy. C. This is an example of the Hygiene theory. D. You've reached the highest level of the Achievement theory.

1119

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Integrity 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

930

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All of the following describe the activity list except: A. It's an extension of the WBS. B. It includes all activities of the project. C. It describes the WBS updates. D. It includes a description of project activities.

976

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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. You are in charge of the network operations part of this project. An important deadline is approaching that depends on the successful completion of the testing phase. You've detected some problems with your hardware in the testing phase and discover that the hardware is not compatible with other network equipment. You take corrective action and exchange the hardware for more compatible equipment. Which of the following is true? A. This is not a corrective action involves human resources, not project resources. B. Corrective action is taken here to make sure the future project outcomes are aligned with the project plan. C. Corrective action is not necessary in this case as the future project outcomes aren't affected. D. Corrective action serves as the change request to authorize exchanging the equipment.

857

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Critical path tasks are those tasks that: A. Have equal pessimistic, optimistic, and most likely estimated times B. Have a float rime of zero C. Have the same start date D. Have multiple early start dates and early finish dates

926

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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

909

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You are preparing a diagram that plots two variables, the dependent variable and the independent variable, to see the relationship between the two elements. What kind of diagram are you using? A. Cause-and-effect diagram B. Control chart C. Flowchart D. Scatter diagram

847

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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

947

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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

880

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What is the key activity during Contract Closeout and Administrative Closure? A. Documenting lessons learned B. Creating project archives C. Disseminating information to formalize project closure D. Documenting project closure

954

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You are a project manager for Uncle Sam's Flag Company. Your company has designed a new line of products featuring the American flag. Due to some unique circumstances, the products are in hot demand and the project sponsor has asked you to do whatever it takes to get this project completed early and make the products available. You regularly check the progress of the project with your team members using which of the following techniques? A. E-mail communication B. Status review meetings C. Project management information systems D. Receiver communication model

1086

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During a recent team meeting, you reached a resolution to a problem that's been troubling the team for several weeks. You took responsibility for searching out the facts of this problem and uncovered the right answer to this problem. You presented the facts at the project status meeting, and everyone reached agreement on the recommended solution based on the facts you presented. This is an example of what type of conflict resolution technique? A. Compromise B. Smoothing C. Confrontation D. Forcing

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