A project manager in a predominantly hierarchical organization has been assigned a major p

vents . You need to make adjustments to the project to compensate for unknown risk events . These adjustments are based on your past project experience when unknown

A.Apply a general contingency to try to compensate .

B.Document the unknown risk items and calculate the expected monetary value based on probability and impact that result from the occurrence .

C.Determine the unknown risk events and the associated cost, then add the cost to the project budget as reserves .

D.Add a 10% contingency .

epartment's knowledge of Java programming and therefore, the project is not complete . The customer has accepted the project . The project manager determines that al

A.begin project closure .

B.re-plan the project to include the new objective .

C.meet with the team to discuss the find a resolution .

D.get the project stakeholders involved to help resolve the issue .

sked to help senior management get a better understanding of the problems . What do you do FIRST?

A.Meet with individual project managers to get a better sense of what is happening .

B.Send a formal memo to all project managers requesting their project plans .

C.Meet with senior managers to all project help them develop a new tracking system for managing projects .

D.Review the project charters Gantt charts for all projects .

d an extensive project management practice . Company B has its own procedures, but you are more familiar with those company A . You should:

A.use the practices from company A but include any forms from company B .

B.use the forms from company B and begin to instruct them on ways to upgrade their own .

C.talk about changes to the change control board of company B .

D.interact with other in an ethical way by sharing the good aspects of company A's procedures .

Who determines the requirements of a new project?

A.Customer .

B.Stakeholders .

C.Project manager .

D.Senior management .

Maintenance and on-going operations are crucially important to projects and should:

A.A be included as an activity to be performed during the project closure phase .

B.have a separate phase in the project life-cycle because a large portions of life-cycle costs are devoted to maintenance and operations .

C.not be view as part of a project-a project is temporary with a definite beginning and end .

D.be view as a separate project .

and senior management are in another city and have requested weekly updates . The customer requires monthly meetings . Because the team members are busy with the pr

A.During project executing, you do not need to hold status meetings as long as you send the key stakeholders status report every week .

B.Once a month the entire team, including senior management, should meet with the customer . You should discuss the previous month's issues and the current status .

C.During project execution, it is only necessary for the project manager to meet with the customer once a month to fulfill your contractual obligation . Provide the customer with the status report and copy this report to key stakeholders .

D.The frequency and level of meeting as well as the format and type of information to be exchanged should be defined in the project's communications plan during planning .

is on schedule and within budget . A key team member leaves for a four-week vacation without completing a highly technical and specialized task assigned to him (tas

A.Send a complaint letter to the team member's boss, and ask him to fund the extra cost expended .

B.Re-evaluate your communications management plan .

C.Thank the other for filling in but tell them not to waste time on non-critical path tasks .

D.Pay the cost out of your project reserves .

e of your customer is making unwelcome advances . The team member has repeatedly requested that this person stop, but the advances continue . What is the BEST course

A.Privately confront the customer employee and threaten legal action if the advances do not stop .

B.Suggest that the team member avoid contact with the customer employee .

C.Contact the employee's manager to arrange a meeting to discuss the matter .

D.Facilitate a meeting with the team member, the customer employee, and yourself, to allow the two to work it out amicably .

. After researching his options, he comes up with the following choices . Which choice would DECREASE project costs?

A.Change to component A form component B . Component A costs more to purchase but has a lower life-cycle cost than B .

B.Change task A to be component B instead of resource C . Resource B is a more experienced worker .

C.Move tasks B and H to occur concurrently, and take the risk of a 30% increase in the need for five more resources later .

D.Delete an acceptance test from the project plan .