The project maager is managing a complex project.The team member come from all over the wo

The preparation of the project scope baseline can best be described as involving:

A.The functional managers.

B.The project team.

C.All the stakeholders.

D.The project expediter.

is trying to complete the project,yet is constantly faced with interference from the manager of the engineering department.The engineering department keeps changing the resources assigned to the project team and their availability.What type of matrix does this represent now?

A.Strong matrix.

B.Weak matrix.

C.Functional matrix.

D.Tight matrix.

ago for this tree-year,mufti-million-dolar project.You were not involved in writing the contract or seting up change control procedures,but now you are being inundated with change requests from the project sponsor and from your own senior management.What should you do first?

A.Tell the sponsor and your senior management that any changes are out of scope at this point and cannot be considere

B.Meet with the project sponsor and senior management to discuss this problem and potential solutions.

C.Talk to your legal department to make sure you doesn’t do anything illegal.

D.Ask senor management to set aside more management reserve to avoid potential financial problems.

s.Which of the following does not provide expert judgment?

A.Professional and technical associations.

B.Competitors.

C.Consultants.

D.Other units within the organization.

hat you will receive an incentive of$5000,if you complete the project one month ahead of schedule.When closing the project ahead of schedule,your team informs you that the product contains a minor flaw and may not fully satisfy the customer’s needs.However,rectification of the minor flaw will require a lot of changes and take 2 more months.In this context,you will:

A.Close out the project

B.Review the situation with your customer and sponsor.

C.Rectify the flaw and then close out the project.

D.Close the project and then inform the sponsor about the flaw.

ementing a change request for new technology that was not available when the scope was originally defined.The technology change that is adopted is a/an:

A.Value adding change.

B.Error or omission in defining the scope of the project.

C.External event.

D.Contigency or workaround plan.

ender for setting up a new airport..Since you do not have all the requisite skills within the company,you enter into a joint venture with a leading airport construction company to bid jointly for the government contract.This is an example of:

A.Exploit.

B.Shar

C.Enhanc

D.Transfer.

team members.During human resource planning,you would like to apply proven principles to shorten the time needed to create a human resource plan and make it effective.In this context,you will benefit if you consult an expert in the field of:

A.Networking and team formation.

B.Human resource theory.

C.Organization theory.

D.Project organization charts.

d by a company that is listed at a US stock exchange.Recent earned value analysis after app 25%completion told you that your project has a CPI of 0.76.What should the project manager do right now?

A.The variance is a signal of a sound project which is well under budget.There is no need for action.

B.A project that much under budget may be a problem for negotiating future budgets.Try to spend money somewhere else.

C.You should immediately inform your management,which should then assess whether this CPI constitutes a material finacial issue.

D.It is still early in the project and data are yet inaccurate.Wait a while and allow numbers from the project to stabilize.

ource availability and the project scope has changed more than was expected.The project is now completing one of its phase.Of all decisions the sponsor must consider during an end-of–phase review meeting,the MOST difficult is:

A.Authorizing scope change for the next phase.

B.Authorizing budget increase for the next phase based on scope changes.

C.Cancelling the project.

D.Decreasing scope to maintain the budget.