PMG201c Final Exam Prediction Questions Correctly Answered.
A Communications Management Plan does the following:
A. Lays out the approach and method
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B. Coordinates the communication between project leaders and uninterested project members
C. Lays out a plan on how to communicate with your Project Sponsor and other organizations
D. Coordinates an effort to communicate in meetings effectively - CORRECT ANSWER A
A company has been awarded a software development project which requires the development team to work at the client's office. The client has assigned each developer a cubicle from which to perform their work. During a daily standup meeting, a developer states that the team members are too isolated and colocating the team in a war room would increase productivity and quality. What should the project manager do first?
A. Explain to the team that colocation would impede productivity due to the inevitable distractions
B. Explain to the team that a war room was not specified in the contract
C. Negotiate with the client to make a war room available to the team
D. Capture a description of the developer's concern in the issue log - CORRECT ANSWER D
A dashboard viewable by all project stakeholders displays various statuses using the industry standard of red, yellow, and green colors. Throughout project execution, to meet the needs of the project and some of the project stakeholders, the project manager has been adding more colors to reflect additional statuses. This situation has created confusion among some of the stakeholders over the status naming conventions and meanings. What should the project manager do?
A. Revert the status to an industry standard of red, yellow, green
B. Explain the meaning of the new statuses to the stakeholders
C. Remove statuses from the dashboard to avoid confusion
D. Add a simpler status for the stakeholders who are confused - CORRECT ANSWER B
A good change process will:
A. Require the same level of approval for all changes.
B. Allow the project manager to approve all changes.
C. Have change thresholds that are appropriate for the type of change.
D. Be very complex in order to discourage changes. - CORRECT ANSWER C
A key stakeholder has been resistant to the project's objectives, and the support of this stakeholder is vital to the success of the project. The project manager has employed various engagement strategies which have been ineffective and needs to determine the underlying reason that stakeholder engagement is not having the planned effect. What should the project manager do next?
A. Develop a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
B. Conduct data analysis
C. Submit a change request to update the stakeholder engagement plan
D. Perform an alternatives analysis - CORRECT ANSWER B
A new project is starting, and the team members come from all over the world. The project manager has concerns about communications. What should the project manager do first?
A. Implement an online tool to enable the team members to chat among themselves
B. Enroll the project team members in cultural training to raise cultural awareness
C. Nothing; the business world has been multicultural for so long that there should be no issues
D. Funnel all communications through the project manager to avoid miscommunication - CORRECT ANSWER B
A new project manager is brought on the project. She wants to understand the process by which this particular project formally accepts deliverables. Which of the following will she have to reference?
A. The scope management plan
B. The stakeholder management plan
C. The quality management plan
D. The requirements management plan - CORRECT ANSWER A
A previously unknown risk surfaces on a project and creates an issue that is estimated to cost $50,000. The project manager submits a change request to adjust the schedule baseline and uses the already approved contingency reserves to address the cost. What did the project manager do wrong?
A. The project manager should not have submitted the change request since the risk was unknown.
B. The project manager did not account for all possible risks during project planning.
C. The project manager should not have included the schedule baseline in the change request.
D. The project manager used contingency reserves instead of management reserves. - CORRECT ANSWER D
A project has been initiated to search a large area for debris from an explosion of a failed prototype. The project is now in planning, and there is a debate among the team members on the type and quantity of resources needed to complete this activity. What should the project manager do first?
A. Select any resource and quantity to complete the task by the due date
B. Request the team to vote and make a decision based on majority
C. Research various levels of resource capability and skills, types, and sizes
D. Utilize a PMIS to manage resource pools and allocate resources - CORRECT ANSWER C [Show Less]