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BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management Question and Answers

BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management

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Questions 1

For communication to occur, there must be ___________.

Options:

A.  

All of the other alternatives apply

B.  

a communication process

C.  

Two or more people involved

D.  

the transmittal of information

E.  

The transmittal of information and a communication process

Discussion 0
Questions 2

A project manager needs the project team to make a group decision. Which of the following is a method that can be used to reach a group decision?

Options:

A.  

Expert judgment

B.  

Majority

C.  

SWOT analysis

D.  

Brainstorming

Discussion 0
Questions 3

Work authorization forms are needed in order to:

Options:

A.  

Authorize line organizations to charge against the project

B.  

Develop a structured methodology for release of funds

C.  

Establish an audit trail

D.  

All of the other alternatives apply

E.  

1) Authorize line organizations to charge against the project and 2) Develop a structured methodology for release of funds

Discussion 0
Questions 4

A project manager you are mentoring comes to you for help because he is about to face his first procurement audit. You might explain that he should NOT worry about such an audit because it:

Options:

A.  

Identifies successes and failures that warrant transfer to other procurements.

B.  

Makes sure the contract is being followed.

C.  

Makes sure costs are in line with the project.

D.  

Makes sure the seller is following the contract.

Discussion 0
Questions 5

The sponsor is worried about the seller deriving extra profit on the cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract. Each month the sponsor requires the project manager to submit CPI calculations and an analysis of the cost to complete. The project manager explains to the sponsor that extra profits should NOT be a worry on this project because:

Options:

A.  

The team is making sure the seller does not cut scope.

B.  

All costs invoiced are being audited.

C.  

There can only be a maximum 10 percent increase if there is an unexpected cost overrun.

D.  

The fee is only received by the seller when the project is completed.

Discussion 0
Questions 6

Who is responsible for determining which processes from the Process Groups will be employed and who will be performing them?

Options:

A.  

Project sponsor and project manager

B.  

Project sponsor and functional manager

C.  

Project manager and project team

D.  

Project team and functional manager

Discussion 0
Questions 7

Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling and Closing are called:

Options:

A.  

process groups.

B.  

phase gates.

C.  

knowledge areas.

D.  

project phases.

Discussion 0
Questions 8

Job descriptions are examples of ______communications.

Options:

A.  

horizontal

B.  

downward

C.  

diagonal

D.  

upward

E.  

None of the other alternatives apply

Discussion 0
Questions 9

You are the project manager for a top-secret software project for an agency of the United States government. Your mission-should you choose to accept it-is to complete the project using internal resources. The reason is that finding contractors with top-secret clearances takes quite a bit of time, and waiting for clearances would jeopardize the implementation date. Your programmers are 80 percent of the way through the programming and testing work when your agency appoints a new executive director. Slowly but surely your programmers are taken off this project and reassigned to the executive director's hot new project.

Which of the following type of project ending is this?

Options:

A.  

Extinction

B.  

Starvation

C.  

Addition

D.  

Integration

Discussion 0
Questions 10

The project team reviews identified risks and the risk response strategy. For one of the risks, the team realizes that the implementation of the risk response would generate another risk.

This new risk is which of the following types of risk?

Options:

A.  

Secondary

B.  

Primary

C.  

Residual

D.  

Tertiary

Discussion 0
Questions 11

You are the project manager on an information technology project on which you and the sponsor have already approved the scope. An information specialist on your team, after having lunch with a low ranking customer representative working with him on a software project, learns that a simple alteration in the display would be a great addition to the project. The information specialist installs the change with no negative effect on the project schedule and at no additional cost.

What action should be taken?

Options:

A.  

The information specialist should be recognized for exceeding customer expectations without affecting project cost or schedule.

B.  

The project manager should add an activity to the project management plan with no associated time.

C.  

The information specialist should be told that his behavior was unacceptable, as it may have negatively affected the overall project.

D.  

The project manager should create a change control form and have the customer approve the change since the change has already been made.

Discussion 0
Questions 12

Which of the following is a technique for resolving conflict?

Options:

A.  

Collaborating

B.  

Issue log

C.  

Leadership

D.  

Motivation

Discussion 0
Questions 13

Activity resource requirements and resource breakdown structure are outputs from what Project Time Management process?

Options:

A.  

Schedule Control

B.  

Activity Definition

C.  

Schedule Development

D.  

Activity Resource Estimating

Discussion 0
Questions 14

You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics. This company produces children's software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You are ready to assign project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships.

Which project Planning process are you working on?

Options:

A.  

Human Resource Acquisition

B.  

Acquire Staff

C.  

Human Resource Planning

D.  

Resource Planning

Discussion 0
Questions 15

Which of the following is an example of contract administration?

Options:

A.  

Negotiating the contract

B.  

Authorizing contractor work

C.  

Developing the statement of work

D.  

Establishing evaluation criteria

Discussion 0
Questions 16

The inputs of the Performance Reporting process include all of the following except for which one?

Options:

A.  

Performance reviews

B.  

Work performance information

C.  

Forecasted completion

D.  

Performance measurements

Discussion 0
Questions 17

A project has experienced significant delays due to equipment problems, staff attrition, and slow client reviews. The project is 40 percent complete and has used 60 percent of the available calendar time.

What is the FIRST thing you should do?

Options:

A.  

Re-baseline the schedule to reflect the new date.

B.  

Analyze the critical path activities for potential to fast track or crash the schedule.

C.  

Document the lack of progress and associated issues to management.

D.  

Identify activities that required more time than planned.

Discussion 0
Questions 18

Which of the following is a tool and technique for activity duration estimating?

Options:

A.  

Parametric estimating

B.  

Monte Carlo analysis

C.  

Top-down estimating

D.  

Bottom-up estimating

Discussion 0
Questions 19

On what is project baseline development established?

Options:

A.  

Approved product requirements

B.  

Estimated project cost and schedule

C.  

Actual project cost and schedule

D.  

Revised project cost and schedule

Discussion 0
Questions 20

Who has the cost risk in a fixed price (FP) contract?

Options:

A.  

The team

B.  

The buyer

C.  

The seller

D.  

Management

Discussion 0
Questions 21

Which process group can be performed outside the project's scope of control?

Options:

A.  

Planning

B.  

Monitoring and Control

C.  

Closing

D.  

Initiating

Discussion 0
Questions 22

Which of the following does NOT assess the value a project brings to an organization?

Options:

A.  

Benefit cost analysis

B.  

Net present value

C.  

Value analysis

D.  

Needs assessment

Discussion 0
Questions 23

Executing the risk response plan in order to react to risk events throughout the project is called:

Options:

A.  

Contingency planning.

B.  

Monitoring and control.

C.  

Mitigation.

D.  

Life cycle costing.

Discussion 0
Questions 24

While creating the agenda for a status meeting with the team, a project manager receives input from one team member that an item should be added. Another team member says the team is not ready to resolve the item during the meeting. After much discussion, the project manager decides to put the item on the agenda as an initial discussion item only.

Which conflict resolution technique is the project manager using?

Options:

A.  

Compromise

B.  

Smoothing

C.  

Forcing

D.  

Withdrawal

Discussion 0
Questions 25

The critical path in a schedule network is the path that:

Options:

A.  

Takes the longest time to complete

B.  

Allows some flexibility in scheduling a start time.

C.  

Is not affected by schedule slippage

D.  

Must be done before any other tasks

E.  

All of the other alternatives apply.

Discussion 0
Questions 26

You are a project manager for Pizza Direct, which is a retail pizza delivery store. Your company is competing with another retail store for the option of opening two new stores in a foreign country.

You have been invited to dinner with the prospective foreign business partners and their spouses upon your arrival.

You know that all of the following statements are generally true except for which one?

Options:

A.  

You should respect the cultural differences you'll encounter when working with your prospective foreign business partners.

B.  

You should build an atmosphere of mutual trust and cooperation.

C.  

You should spend time building relationships with your prospective foreign business partners before getting down to business.

D.  

You should explain your company's rules, standards, and operating policies at your first meeting with the prospective foreign business partners.

Discussion 0
Questions 27

Formal written correspondence with the customer is required when:

Options:

A.  

Defects are detected.

B.  

The customer requests additional work not covered under contract.

C.  

The project has a schedule slippage that includes changes to the critical path.

D.  

The project has cost overruns.

Discussion 0
Questions 28

You are negotiating with a seller. Time is of the essence but you have a limited budget, and the seller knows this.

What is your BEST negotiating strategy under these circumstances?

Options:

A.  

Focus the negotiation on seller's profit margin in order to decrease the project cost.

B.  

Negotiate to get the work done even sooner than necessary in order to add a reserve.

C.  

Negotiate identified risks.

D.  

Arrange to reschedule the negotiation until you can acquire information of which the seller is not aware.

Discussion 0
Questions 29

The role of the _____ can be invaluable in problem solving.

Options:

A.  

dominator

B.  

devils advocate

C.  

recognition seeker or dominator

D.  

topic jumper

E.  

recognition seeker

Discussion 0
Questions 30

A summary WBS is usually developed in the ___________.

Options:

A.  

close-out phase

B.  

All of the other alternatives apply phases

C.  

implementation phase

D.  

planning phase

E.  

Conceptual phase

Discussion 0
Questions 31

You are a contract project manager working with the State of Bliss. Your latest project involves rewriting the Department of Revenue's income tax system. As project manager, you have taken all the appropriate actions regarding confidentiality of data. One of the key stakeholders is a huge movie buff, and she has the power to promote you into a better position at the conclusion of this project. She's reviewing some report data that just happens to include confidential information regarding one of her favorite movie superstars.

What is the most appropriate response?

Options:

A.  

Do nothing, because she has the proper level of access rights to the data and this information showed up unintentionally.

B.  

Request that she immediately return the information, citing conflict of interest and violation of confidential company data.

C.  

Request that she immediately return the information until you can confirm that she has the proper level of access rights to the data.

D.  

Report her to the management team.

Discussion 0
Questions 32

What is risk tolerance?

Options:

A.  

Ability to manage risks

B.  

Willingness to accept varying degrees of risks

C.  

Ability to mitigate risks

D.  

Willingness to develop a risk management plan

Discussion 0
Questions 33

Which of the following is an input to Collect Requirements?

Options:

A.  

Stakeholder register

B.  

Requirements documentation

C.  

Prototypes

D.  

Organizational process assets

Discussion 0
Questions 34

A company attorney, newly hired by the company, walks into the project manager's office and tells her that he is ready to work with her on the procurement process. The project manager has little experience with procurement, so she is excited to have the assistance.

With which of the following would it be BEST for the project manager to ask the attorney for help?

Options:

A.  

Claims administration, audit results, and updating organizational process assets

B.  

Contract change control system, payments, and change requests

C.  

Recommended corrective actions, performance reporting, and records management system

D.  

Procurement documentation, project management plan updates, and procurement management plan updates

Discussion 0
Questions 35

What are the formal and informal policies, procedures, and guidelines that could impact how the project's scope is managed?

Options:

A.  

Organizational process assets

B.  

Enterprise environmental factors

C.  

Project management processes

D.  

Project scope management plan

Discussion 0
Questions 36

All the techniques described below can be used to keep a meeting focused except:

Options:

A.  

Rephrase unclear ideas presented by group members

B.  

Encourage pursuit of interesting new ideas

C.  

Summarize discussion periodically

D.  

Recall agenda items/purpose of meeting

E.  

All are acceptable techniques

Discussion 0
Questions 37

Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the monitoring and controlling process group?

Options:

A.  

Implement recognition and reward systems.

B.  

Obtain sign-off of the product of the project.

C.  

Issue performance reports.

D.  

Keep everyone focused on completing the project to the charter.

Discussion 0
Questions 38

What are three basic types of project phase-to-phase relationships?

Options:

A.  

Sequential, Overlapping, Non-overlapping

B.  

Sequential, Iterative, Overlapping

C.  

Sequential, Non-overlapping, Iterative

D.  

Iterative, Overlapping, Non-overlapping

Discussion 0
Questions 39

Company expenses such as auditing costs, supervision, office supplies, building rent and maintenance are elements of the:

Options:

A.  

Contracts and administration costing system.

B.  

Fringe benefits packages.

C.  

None of the other alternatives apply

D.  

Capital budgeting process.

E.  

Overhead rates.

Discussion 0
Questions 40

In which of the following team development stages does the team begin to work together, develop trust, and adjust to the work habits and behavior?

Options:

A.  

Norming

B.  

Forming

C.  

Storming

D.  

Performing

Discussion 0
Questions 41

A problem occurs on an activity with free float and the project manager has extended its duration.

What is MOST likely to be affected?

Options:

A.  

Project duration

B.  

Resource schedules

C.  

Project scope management plan

D.  

The latest start for the successor activity

Discussion 0
Questions 42

A project becomes officially authorized when which of the following occurs?

Options:

A.  

Project manager is appointed

B.  

Stakeholders approve the project

C.  

Project charter is approved

D.  

Project sponsor approves the project

Discussion 0
Questions 43

What is an objective of the Developing Project Team Process?

Options:

A.  

Feelings of trust and improved cohesiveness

B.  

Ground rules for interaction

C.  

Enhanced resource availability

D.  

Functional managers become more involved.

Discussion 0
Questions 44

The customer's expectations for quality are shown on a control chart as the:

Options:

A.  

Mean.

B.  

Specification limits.

C.  

Rule of seven.

D.  

Upper and lower control limits.

Discussion 0
Questions 45

Communication in both project and non-project-driven organizations should occur in __________ directions.

Options:

A.  

four

B.  

one

C.  

two

D.  

three

E.  

five

Discussion 0
Questions 46

What are the components of the "triple constraint"?

Options:

A.  

Scope, time, requirements

B.  

Resources, time, cost

C.  

Scope, management, cost

D.  

Scope, time, cost

Discussion 0
Questions 47

Sally is a project manager working on a project that will require a specially engineered machine. Only three manufacturers can make the machine to the specifications Sally needs. The price of this machine is particularly critical to this project. The budget is limited, and there's no chance of securing additional funds if the bids for the machine come in higher than budgeted.

She's developing the evaluation criteria for the bidders' responses and knows all of the following are true except for which one?

Options:

A.  

Sally will review the project management plan, including the risk register, as inputs to this process.

B.  

Sally will base the evaluation criteria on price alone since the budget is a constraint.

C.  

Sally will update the contract statement of work with any new information.

D.  

Sally will use standard contract forms provided by her procurement department to write the contract for this machine.

Discussion 0
Questions 48

What is the first step in preparing the risk register?

Options:

A.  

Qualitative risk analysis

B.  

Quantitative risk analysis

C.  

Risk response planning

D.  

Risk identification

Discussion 0
Questions 49

Smoothing out resource requirements from period to period is called resource _____.

Options:

A.  

None of the other alternatives apply.

B.  

Leveling.

C.  

Quantification

D.  

Partitioning

E.  

Allocation.

Discussion 0
Questions 50

What name(s) is (are) associated with the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle?

Options:

A.  

Pareto

B.  

Ishikawa

C.  

Shewart-Deming

D.  

Delphi

Discussion 0
Questions 51

Collect Requirements is:

Options:

A.  

Developing a plan from major stakeholders

B.  

Developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project decisions

C.  

Planning project milestones

D.  

Formalizing acceptance of the project scope

Discussion 0
Questions 52

Which of the following is an input to identify risk?

Options:

A.  

Organizational process assets

B.  

Scope management plan

C.  

Communication management plan

D.  

Expert judgment

Discussion 0
Questions 53

The most rapid Estimate Costs technique is ___________.

Options:

A.  

Analogous estimating

B.  

Template estimating

C.  

Computerized estimating

D.  

Square foot estimating

Discussion 0
Questions 54

Negotiated Settlements are an example of a technique used in which Project Procurement Management Process?

Options:

A.  

Plan Procurements

B.  

Conduct Procurements

C.  

Administer Procurements

D.  

Close Procurements

Discussion 0
Questions 55

Where are product requirements and characteristics documented?

Options:

A.  

Product scope description

B.  

Project charter

C.  

Preliminary project scope statement

D.  

Communications management plan

Discussion 0
Questions 56

All of the following are correct statements about a project manager EXCEPT:

Options:

A.  

He or she is assigned after the project charter is created.

B.  

He or she may initiate changes to the project.

C.  

He or she manages changes and factors that create change.

D.  

He or she is held accountable for project success or failure.

Discussion 0
Questions 57

When would resource leveling be applied to a schedule model?

Options:

A.  

Before constraints have been identified

B.  

Before it has been analyzed by the critical path method

C.  

After it has been analyzed by the critical path method

D.  

After critical activities have been removed from the critical path

Discussion 0
Questions 58

What is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables?

Options:

A.  

Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)

B.  

Work Performance Information

C.  

Work Package

D.  

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Discussion 0
Questions 59

Which quality control technique illustrates the 80/20 Principle?

Options:

A.  

Ishikawa diagram

B.  

Control Chart

C.  

Run Chart

D.  

Pareto Chart

Discussion 0
Questions 60

Which of the following techniques uses historical information to estimate the activity duration?

Options:

A.  

Three-point estimating

B.  

Organizational process asset

C.  

Analogous estimating

D.  

Reserve analysis

Discussion 0
Questions 61

A quality management plan is created during which of the following?

Options:

A.  

Project Executing

B.  

Plan Quality

C.  

Perform Quality Assurance

D.  

Perform Quality Control

Discussion 0
Questions 62

Which project management process ensures the seller's performance meets procurement requirements and that the buyer performs according to the terms of the legal contract?

Options:

A.  

Plan Procurements

B.  

Perform Quality Assurance

C.  

Administer Procurements

D.  

Conduct Procurements

Discussion 0
Questions 63

You are assigned to implement the project control plan. What should you do to ensure the plan is effective and current?

Options:

A.  

Perform periodic project performance reviews.

B.  

Identify quality project standards.

C.  

Follow ISO 9000 quality standards

D.  

Complete the quality control checklist.

Discussion 0
Questions 64

A contract change control system defines which of the following?

Options:

A.  

Process by which the procurement is being satisfied

B.  

Process by which the procurement can be modified

C.  

Process by which the procurement can be obtained

D.  

Process by which the procurement can be disposed

Discussion 0
Questions 65

Which of the following is TRUE about most project life cycles?

Options:

A.  

Staffing level is highest at the start.

B.  

The stakeholders' influence is highest at the start.

C.  

The level of uncertainty is lowest at the start.

D.  

The cost of changes is highest at the start.

Discussion 0
Questions 66

Who MUST know when a risk event occurs so that a response can be implemented?

Options:

A.  

Customers

B.  

Project sponsors

C.  

Project management team

D.  

Insurance claims department

Discussion 0
Questions 67

Which of the following is the LEAST effective way to influence the factors that create changes to the cost baseline?

Options:

A.  

Review the project scope with the functional manager responsible for the greatest number of requested changes.

B.  

Explain to those requesting changes the negative impact of change to the project.

C.  

Eliminate the scope causing the most changes.

D.  

Notify all stakeholders that no more changes will be allowed.

Discussion 0
Questions 68

You are a project manager of Software Product Company. After hired a person you got to know that many of this person's ideas were developed by the competing company.

Are you going to implement the same ideas?

Options:

A.  

Accept the new ideas.

B.  

Ask to sign NDA.

C.  

Ignore the ideas because it may be violation of code of conduct.

D.  

Tell the person that he should not mention that the ideas came from another company.

Discussion 0
Questions 69

The major difference between PERT and CPM networks is:

Options:

A.  

PERT is measured in days whereas CPM uses weeks or months.

B.  

PERT addresses only time whereas CPM also includes cost and resource availability.

C.  

PERT requires three time estimates whereas CPM requires one-time estimate.

D.  

PERT is used for construction projects whereas CPM is used for R &

D.  

E.  

PERT requires computer solutions whereas CPM is a manual technique.

Discussion 0
Questions 70

The project charter:

Options:

A.  

Establishes that organizational structure with the project.

B.  

Expresses upper management commitment to the project.

C.  

Provides that authority by which the project will be run.

D.  

Specifies overall objectives and timeframe of the project.

E.  

All of the other alternatives apply.

Discussion 0
Questions 71

Which of the following methods is a project selection technique?

Options:

A.  

Flowcharting

B.  

Earned value

C.  

Cost-benefit analysis

D.  

Pareto analysis

Discussion 0
Questions 72

The basic elements of communication include:

Options:

A.  

Reading, writing and listening

B.  

Communicator, encoding, message, medium, decoding, receiver, and feedback

C.  

All of the other alternatives apply

D.  

Clarity of speech and good listening habits

E.  

Listening, talking and sign language.

Discussion 0
Questions 73

Which type of control tool identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?

Options:

A.  

Cause and effect diagram

B.  

Control Charts

C.  

Pareto Chart

D.  

Histogram

Discussion 0
Questions 74

A project manager has limited authority in which type of organizational structure?

Options:

A.  

Weak matrix

B.  

Functional

C.  

Balanced matrix

D.  

Projectized

Discussion 0
Questions 75

A business case is an input to which of the following processes?

Options:

A.  

Collect Requirements

B.  

Define Scope

C.  

Develop Project Charter

D.  

Develop Project Management Plan

Discussion 0
Questions 76

Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?

Options:

A.  

Recognized by every project manager

B.  

Constantly evolving

C.  

The sum of all knowledge related to project management

D.  

A sum of knowledge that should be applied on every project

Discussion 0
Questions 77

Your team is split between two buildings on either side of town. As a result, the team isn't very cohesive because the members don't know each other very well. The team is still in the storming stage because of the separation issues.

Which of the following should you consider?

Options:

A.  

Training

B.  

Co-location

C.  

Corrective action

D.  

Conflict resolution

Discussion 0
Questions 78

Advantages of the functional (hierarchical) form of organization include _____ and creation of technical competence.

Options:

A.  

Single voice to customers

B.  

High information processing capability

C.  

Ease of horizontal coordination

D.  

Clearly defined authority

Discussion 0
Questions 79

All of the following are tools and techniques of the Contract Administration process except for which one?

Options:

A.  

Contract change control system, buyer-conducted performance review, and inspections and audits

B.  

Records management system and information technology

C.  

Contract performance information gathering and contract reporting systems

D.  

Performance reporting, payment system, and claims administration

Discussion 0
Questions 80

The ability to achieve cost savings is inversely proportional to _____.

Options:

A.  

empowerment to the P.M.

B.  

productivity

C.  

the estimated costs to complete

D.  

the earned value achieved to date

E.  

None of the other alternatives apply.

Discussion 0
Questions 81

Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?

Options:

A.  

Control chart

B.  

Earned value

C.  

Variance

D.  

Trend

Discussion 0
Questions 82

Which of the following is generally the MOST CORRECT use of a project network diagram?

Options:

A.  

Showing the project schedule

B.  

Documenting activity interdependencies

C.  

Defining project resources

D.  

Defining the project costs

Discussion 0
Questions 83

What is the total float of the critical path?

Options:

A.  

Can be any number

B.  

Zero or positive

C.  

Zero or negative

D.  

Depends on the calendar

Discussion 0
Questions 84

A work authorization system can be used to:

Options:

A.  

Manage who does each activity.

B.  

Manage when and in what sequence work is done.

C.  

Manage when each activity is done.

D.  

Manage who does each activity and when it is done.

Discussion 0
Questions 85

All of the following are typical concerns of matrixed team members EXCEPT:

Options:

A.  

Wondering who will handle their evaluations.

B.  

Serving multiple bosses.

C.  

Developing commitment.

D.  

Computing fringe benefits when working on multiple projects.

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Questions 86

You are working with XYZ organization. Your senior manager imposed new delivery date which is earlier than mentioned project deliverables date in scope statement.

To whom you are most accountable?

Options:

A.  

customer

B.  

team member

C.  

sponsor

D.  

senior manager

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Questions 87

The resource calendars document is an output of which process?

Options:

A.  

Estimate Activity Resources

B.  

Acquire Project Team

C.  

Develop Schedule

D.  

Develop Project Team

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Questions 88

A project manager discovers an urgent need for outsourced resources on the project. He knows he has the money to cover the cost of these resources. He goes to the procurement manager and explains the situation, insisting a contract be drawn up today so he can obtain resources and circumvent the standard procedure. Is this the correct process to follow?

Options:

A.  

Yes, of course. For urgent needs, it is not necessary to follow the organization’s procedure regarding procurement.

B.  

Yes. Urgent needs from projects should always be dealt with immediately, as directed by the project manager.

C.  

No. The procurement manager has a process to follow when creating contracts that helps protect the company and its projects.

D.  

No. The procurement manager should be checking in with the project manager to see if he is in need of a contract, rather than making the project manager come and ask for one.

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Questions 89

While implementing an approved change, a critical defect was introduced. Removing the defect will delay the product delivery.

What is the MOST appropriate approach to managing this situation?

Options:

A.  

Utilize the change control process.

B.  

Crash the schedule to fix the defect.

C.  

Leave the defect in and work around it.

D.  

Fast-track the remaining development.

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Questions 90

Using the chart, what is the lowest cost of crashing this project to save four weeks?

Options:

A.  

$18,000

B.  

$6,000

C.  

$7,000

D.  

$9,000

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Questions 91

A purchase order for a specified item to be delivered by a specified date for a specified price is the simplest form of what type of contract?

Options:

A.  

Cost-reimbursable

B.  

Time and material

C.  

Fixed price or lump-sum

D.  

Cost-plus-fixed-fee

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Questions 92

What defines the portion of work included in a contract for items being purchased or acquired?

Options:

A.  

Procurement management plan

B.  

Evaluation criteria

C.  

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

D.  

Contract Statement of Work (SOW)

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Questions 93

Bar charts are most appropriate for:

Options:

A.  

Showing slack time.

B.  

Comparing actual to planned performance to each activity.

C.  

All of the other alternatives apply.

D.  

Showing critical path dependencies.

E.  

Showing which activities can be rearranged in parallel.

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