You are a construction project manager and have been recently hired in a well-known company as the manager of a highly crucial project. The project is expected to be completed in 2 years. During the project initiation phase, you realize that some regulatory and environmental requirements have not been considered in the contract.

Failure to meet the mentioned requirements will negatively affect your company’s reputation, but meeting them will require more time and cost, leading to budget and time overruns. In that case, the client may also decide to cancel the project. What would you do in that situation?

Your Sponsor will be leaving your project soon due to other obligations. She informs you that two new people will fill her role. She assures you that this should not affect the team’s communication complexity, since you are only going from 11 to 12 members. Is your Sponsor correct?

You are managing a software development project that is scheduled to be completed in 18 months per the project contract and schedule. Your customer has recently faced regulatory changes that require your project to be finished 2 months earlier, and he asks you to do so. How will you approach this situation?

According to the contract, your customer has assigned one of his staff members to your project office to attend meetings and contribute to decision-making. However, this person is too confrontational, and their behavior toward your project team members is intimidating. What should be your action in this situation?

The majority of the project management software applications use the ——— method to build the project schedule network diagram.

You have just been assigned to a new change-driven project. The team has never worked together before, but they are experienced with agile techniques. Which TWO of the following techniques would be most helpful in promoting your team’s performance?

Creation of a detailed schedule with regular milestones.

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Allow the team to collaboratively develop a plan to execute the project.

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Creation of a change control procedure so that only needed changes are addressed and implemented.

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Expose and eliminate communication bottlenecks.

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Facilitate a WBS workshop to clarify the scope.

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To formally authorize the project, which of the following documents is necessary?

The photo transfer project will be starting in a few weeks, and it is up to you to decide which project methodology the team will use. You have some concerns about the project because the customer will not always be available, and the team has mixed experience in agile methods.

Also, even though the Sponsor is quite supportive of your choosing whichever approach is best, he has given you a warning. He suggests you be prepared, since this customer is known to be demanding and to change their mind frequently based on the latest market intelligence they’ve heard.

You are a project manager, and you are about to perform the risk management processes. Which one of the following documents evolves throughout the risk management processes?

As a project manager, you are performing scope management processes. What is the function of the WBS Dictionary?

Which two (2) activities are undertaken to help identify the benefits of the project?

Some projects have a comprehensive procurement phase that covers the purchase of a large number of items, and for each item, several suppliers are contacted to obtain bids. As a project manager on such projects, you need to ensure that every supplier has a clear understanding of the project’s requirements. Which one of the following techniques could be used for this purpose?

You have just been given the responsibility to staff and oversee a new Scrum project. There are minimal resources, and you don’t have the budget to hire new people. One individual has been pre-assigned to the project and has asked to serve as the project’s Scrum Master. Although she has participated in Scrum projects previously, she has never had this role. What would be your best option in this situation?

As the project manager you are reviewing the earned value analysis report performed by your team. The SPI is 0.87. What does this figure mean to you?

As the project manager, you wish to use a document that shows the work assigned to each project team member. What’s the title of the document that you will use?

You are managing a project in a highly cost-sensitive company. Therefore, you need to reduce the costs to the extent possible. Which one of the following categories of cost would you consider as the first option for cost reduction?

You are leading an Agile project for a new IT initiative in the company that will get a lot of visibility. You have been disappointed that the product quality delivered over the last several sprints has been poor. What is the best option that the team should take?

As a project manager, you are involved in purchasing various items for the project. However, you suddenly receive an official letter from your client ordering the immediate termination of the project. What will be your best course of action?

Frank has been meeting with stakeholders to flesh out and understand the requirements for his new project. Which activity would he likely not be engaged in?

In an industrial project, the equipment installation can be started 15 days after the equipment foundation is completed. What type of dependency is this?