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Question 1

Beth is the project manager for the NHQ project. This project deals with fiber optic cabling in her organizational campus. Tim is the electrical engineer for her company and is the only internal resource that can complete several of the project activities that deal with the fiber optic cables. Because Tim is a highly-skilled resource, he is already scheduled on several projects within the organization and is not available when Beth needs him to complete some of the project activities. This is an example of which term?

AResource calendar conflict

BMatrix network

COrganizational process assets

DActivity resource requirements

Answer : D

Because the activities in Beth's project require Tim and his skills. This is an example of an activity resource requirement. A resource constraint would also have been an acceptable answer. Answer option B is incorrect. This may be a matrix organization, but matrix network is not a valid project management term. Answer option C is incorrect. Organizational process assets are things that have been created to help assist the management of the project. Answer option A is incorrect. A resource calendar conflict is not a valid project management term.

Question 2

You are the project manager for your organization. You need the oak cabinets for your project delivered by December 1 in order to install the floors around the oak cabinets by December 15. Your company's procurement office generally takes 45 days to complete procurement orders. Based on this information, how should you schedule the lead time for the cabinet delivery?

ACabinet procurement December 1, plus 45 days lead time

BCabinet procurement November 15

CCabinet procurement December 1, minus 45 days lead time

DCabinet procurement December 15 minus 45 days lead time

Answer : C

The cabinet procurement and delivery must be completed by December 1. By scheduling the activity to finish on December 1 with minus 45 days lead time for procurement, the cabinets will arrive by the needed date. Answer option A is incorrect. Lead time is always negative time, lag time is positive time. This choice would cause the cabinets to not arrive until 45 days after December 1. Answer option D is incorrect. This choice would cause the cabinets to arrive on December 15 when the floors are to be installed. Answer option B is incorrect. This choice is not the best answer because it does not necessarily account for holidays, weekends, or other factors in the project calendar. By scheduling the cabinet for December 1 and working backwards through lead time, the project's PMIS will account for these breaks in the project work.

Question 3

You are the project manager for your organization. You are working on creating the activity list so that you can create the project schedule. This current project is similar to a project you have competed for your company. You and the project team decide to use the previous project as a template for your current project. A template can help you and the project team do all of the following except for which one?

AIdentify typical schedule milestones.

BCreate parametric estimates for repetitive activities.

CSave time creating activity duration estimates.

DImport activity attributes.

Answer : B

Parametric estimates are created for repetitive tasks, such as four hours per unit installed; 1,000

units to install would equate to 4,000 hours.

A template does not address this type of time estimating directly. A template for time estimating is

an analogous estimate type.

A template for any project is an activity list or a part of the activity list from a previous project. The

template contains the activity attributes

information and other vivid information that are helpful to define activities. It is also used to classify

schedule milestones.

Answer option D is incorrect. Templates can include activity attribute information.

Answer option A is incorrect. Templates do indicate milestones.

Answer option C is incorrect. Templates can save time for the project manager and the project team.

Question 4

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Which of the following plans will you use to define how resources are brought onto the project team, how they are managed while on the project team, and how they may be released from the project team?

AProject Schedule Management Plan

BProject Staffing Management Plan

CProject Human Resources Management Plan

DProject Communications Management Plan

Answer : B

The project staffing management plan will define how resources are brought onto the project team,

how they are managed while on the project team, and how they may be released from the project

team.

The staffing management plan is part of human resources plan. It is a subsidiary plan of the overall

project management plan and defines

when project team members will be brought onto and released from the project. It describes when

and how human resource requirements

will be met. Depending upon the needs of the project, it can be formal or informal, highly detailed or

broadly framed. The staffing management

plan may include the following items: Staff acquisition, resource calendars, staff release plan,

training needs, recognition and rewards,

compliance, and safety.

Answer option D is incorrect. The communications management plan defines project communication

requirements and expectations.

Answer option C is incorrect. This is not a valid project management plan.

Answer option A is incorrect. The project schedule management will define when resources are

needed and scheduled. But it will not define how resources are allowed to be released from the

project.

Question 5

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You must communicate on a regular basis with all of

your project stakeholders. In your

project, you have 755 stakeholders. How many communication channels exist in the project?

A284,635

B570,025

C569,270

D755

Answer : A

The number of communication channels describes the number of opportunities for

stakeholders to communicate amongst themselves and for

communication to be broken down. To find the number of communication channels, you can use the

formula of N(N-1)/2 where N represents

the number of stakeholders.

Total number of communication channels = N(N-1)/2

= 755(755-1)/2

= 284,635

Answer option D is incorrect. This is the number of stakeholders.

Answer option C is incorrect. 569,270 is not a valid calculation of this formula.

Answer option B is incorrect. 570,025 is not a valid calculation of this formula.

Question 6

Holly is the project manager for her organization. She is creating the activity list and would like to tag those activities that are comprised of discrete effort. What is discrete effort?

AIt is a term used to describe activities whose effort cannot be directly measured to the project objectives.

BIt is a term used to describe activities whose effort can be directly measured and linked to the project objectives.

CIt is a term used to describe activities that are supportive of the project work, but not linked to the project deliverables.

DIt is a term used to describe activities that are core project management processes, but not core project activities.

Answer : B

Discrete effort is a term used to describe the work that can be measured and traced to the components in the work packages. It is the actual work to create the project deliverables.

Discrete effort refers to the particular work effort that can be identified and traced as having a direct tie to the final completion of the project- related work breakdown structure components and the deliverables. It is necessary that all the efforts have a specific measurable end product or end result. Answer options A, D, and C are incorrect. These are not valid definitions of discrete effort.

Question 7

Tom works as the project manager for Blue Well Inc. He spends the majority of his time communicating with team members and the project stakeholders. Various communication skills are involved in the communication processes. Which communication skills are involved in this process? Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose all that apply.

AInternal and External

BVertical and Horizontal

CConfronting and problem solving

DFormal and Informal

Answer : A, B, D

These are some communication activities that Tom uses to communicate with the team and the

stakeholders.

Communications skills are part of general management skills and are used to exchange information.

Communication has many dimensions:

Written and oral, listening, and speaking

Internal (within the project) and external (customer, the media, the public)

Formal (reports, briefings) and informal (memos, ad hoc conversations)

Vertical (up and down the organization) and horizontal (with peers)

Communication is the most important skill that a project manager must posses. It is the single most

important characteristics of a top-class

project manager. Project managers must communicate well in order to integrate and maximize the

performance of team members. Oral and

written communications are the backbone of every successful project. During different phases of a

project, a project manager requires to

communicate through different manners (for example, documentation, meeting updates, etc.) and

he must ensure that the information

communicated is explicit, clear, and complete.

Answer option C is incorrect. It is a technique to resolve conflict that arises while communicating

with different parties.

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