Which is a technique that the project manager can use during the Implement Risk Response process to enable action when those who are responsible for executing the risk response are outside of the project team?

As a project manager in the middle of project execution, you realize that completing the project will take longer than the original plan. What is the best course of action to take?

Yesterday, you met with the customer on your current project and presented the progress on the deliverables for the new widget you are building for them. Unfortunately, they were disappointed with what they saw and remarked that what was being produced was not exactly what they had asked for. They asked you to rectify it, and since it was your mistake, they would not expect the schedule or budget to be impacted.

You are not clear why there were crossed signals since everything had been signed off on until now. What should you do next?

All of the following statements regarding a project manager are correct, EXCEPT which one?

As a project manager, you work under the supervision of a project division director who oversees several other projects. During a company meeting, you are present when your manager presents a status report on all the projects being run in his division. He reports that all projects are within budget and none are behind schedule. However, you are aware that your status reports for the last several weeks have consistently reported a delay in the schedule. What do you do in this situation?

You are preparing for your meeting with the customer so they can validate the work done so far. What do you need to ensure is ready and completed before the meeting begins?

You are the manager of a sports complex construction project. During the planning phase of the project, one of the team members who is asked to prepare activity duration estimates sends you an email including duration estimates for two activities as follows: Activity A: 15 days + a lag of 4 days; Activity B: 1 month + a lead of 2 weeks. What would be your possible objection to these estimates?

You are nearing the project’s end when a group of stakeholders demands that some requirements be changed, now that they have seen the impact. This is obviously a problem because you have not accounted for the time and cost of these requirements in the project’s original plans. What is the best thing to do to prevent such problems in the future?

Tom, as the project manager, is in the middle of project execution when his boss tells him that he should release one of his team members for another project. Assuming that all of his project resources have similar capabilities and each resource is working on only one activity at a time, which activity would be impacted the least if that resource were released?

You are a software development project manager, and most of your team members operate from remote locations without the benefit of face-to-face contact. One of your primary concerns is building trust among team members. Which of the following will help you the most in doing so?

Frances and Pete are two members of your eight-person team, and they work remotely while the others are collocated at the office. Which of the following would not be a concern?

Which conflict resolution method does not have long-term effects?

You are going to be a construction project manager to build a new pharmaceutical plant. The project requires that governmental hearings be held about the end product of the plant before site preparation begins. What kind of dependency is this?

You are managing a construction project. After you have created the schedule performance baseline, your project customer, which is external to your company, approaches you about adding some new items to the project scope. You will ask the customer to issue which one of the following documents?

You are partway through the digital frame project when a new person is added to your team to replace a key resource who left. The new person has read the project Charter and other documents but has misgivings about the project’s direction. Which two of the following would you do to ensure they share a common vision for the project?

You are the project manager for the production of a commercial complex construction project. You have completed defining the scope for your project. Which of the following artifacts would you have generated?

As the manager of an IT project, you have utilized 360-degree feedback techniques for your information gathering and are in the process of giving formal feedback to team members. You will be setting specific goals for employees for the remainder of the project. Which technique are you utilizing?

You are managing a software development project budgeted at $360,000 according to the earned value analysis report, which you have on your desk. As of today, you have spent $110,000, and the earned value is $120,000. However, according to the project schedule, you should have spent $150,000, your planned value. Which two of the following options best describe your project status? (Choose two)

Which of the following organizational types has many features of a functional organization and gives the project manager more of a coordinator or expeditor role than a manager?

You are managing a multi-disciplinary project when the functional manager of a project resource responsible for a critical path task informs you that the resource will be out on sick leave for the next two weeks. There will be a day-to-day slip on the project until the resource returns, as no alternative resource is available. What do you do?