Question 2

Zebra Trout, Inc. has hired you to create a Project Management Office (PMO). One of your first orders of business is to develop a team charter with a project team. Team members have voiced that they do not understand what a team charter is or why there is a need for one. The team argues that there is already an employee handbook that outlines expected behavior within the organization. What do you do to address their opinions?

Question 3

Michele is the project manager of a large project, and she has fifty stakeholders. Just a few days ago, Michele was assigned three new graduate employees on her team to work on this project. The three new team members will help with project communication, providing status reports, and maintaining project information from other project team members. As a means of getting them acclimated with the current project, Michele wants to get them up to date quickly. What should Michele do first?

Question 4

William is a project manager for his organization and was recently assigned to a project that had several preexisting team members. The project uses Scrum as its project methodology and the previous project manager had established a daily standup meeting. William changed the frequency of the meeting to Monday and Friday. During the meeting on Friday, the team took more time to complete their update, pushing the meeting outside of the timebox designated for the meeting. What can William do to fix this situation?

Question 5

As a project manager, Farah will need to know how to negotiate. In which environment do negotiations work best?

Question 6

Jeremy is the project manager for Project Alps, which is in its third week of implementation, is $5,000.00 over a $100,000.00 budget, and is on schedule. A stakeholder has asked Jeremy to move a significant project milestone two weeks back in the project. What should Jeremy do next?

Question 7

Diego, a senior employee at the Norman Company, is working with Bruno, a new employee, on how to perform a certain task. Instead of just showing Bruno how to perform the task, Diego is watching Bruno and coaching him through it. In this knowledge management activity, what is happening?

Question 8

A project manager plans the budget for a project that was put on hold for four months last year due to changing organizational priorities. Now management wishes to re-start the project with a revised objective. Of the following listed costs, which should the project manager not include while preparing the budget for completing the project?

Question 9

Ace is the project manager for the construction of a new airplane. An aircraft maintenance technician has run several tests on the pilot console. While running these tests, the technician finds a defect in the diagnostics display. The technician informs Ace and submits a change request to repair the defect, indicating the repair will require substantial rework. What should Ace's first course of action be?

Question 10

Sorcha is the project manager for Project Truck at Gravity Corporation, which is twenty weeks into a fifty-week deployment. Project Truck's primary deliverable will allow Gravity Corporation to manufacture a new toy. In addition to monitoring project progress, what else should Sorcha evaluate?

Question 11

The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action is known as:

Question 12

A project lifecycle is defined as:

Question 13

Company A wants to subcontract the installation of a factory’s building management system to company B. After some adjustments and a review of key stakeholder feedback, company B’s project manager needs to develop the project charter for approval. What should company B’s project manager consider as an input when developing the project charter?

Question 14

A disadvantage associated with virtual teams is that they:

Question 15

A senior manager asks a team member for a quick update on the project’s progress. The team member redirects the senior manager to the project manager to ensure that the information being relayed is accurate and appropriate for this manager to receive. What document dictated this team member’s action?

Question 16

A project’s cost performance index (CPI) and schedule performance index (SPI) are both greater than 1.0. The project manager decreases inputs to maintain the schedule. During this process, what remains unchanged?

Question 17

What are the key components of the communication model?

Question 18

Review the following network diagram and table. Of the various activities, which ones would you crash and in what order?

Question 19

As an output from control communications, it may be necessary to update the______________

Question 20

John is a testing manager, and Katrina is a development manager; both work on a same project. They are asking to meet the project manager because every milestone which has been set for the project seems to experience a conflict. What are the top three reasons for conflict?