A project has been ongoing for a year. Early in the year, its schedule performance index (SPI) was 1.2; its most recent SPI is 0.7.
What did the project manager use to track and communicate this information?


A. Project communications

B. Project management information system (PMIS)
C. Performance reporting
D. Variance analysis

A demanding project stakeholder insists that an additional feature be added to a project product without changing the scope, budget, or schedule. The project manager allows this feature to be included since it adds great value to the end product. However, this
lengthens the project schedule and increases project cost.
Which process should the project manager have followed before including the additional product feature?


A. Change management
B. Schedule and cost management
C. Product scoping
D. Requirements definition

The implementation of a business requirement for an IT project impacts several applications. The application owner notices that changes to a function in application X can be started only upon completion of the development of a new feature in application Y.
This is an example of what dependency?


A. Start-to-start (SS)
B. Finish-to-start (FS)
C. Start-to-finish (SF)
D. Finish-to-finish (FF)

A project manager for a large, complex project learns that numerous stakeholders will be impacted by the project. The stakeholders are from various parts of the organization and are at different levels within the hierarchy. The project manager knows it is
important to maintain good relations with the stakeholders, but with so many, the task seems difficult.
What should the project manager do to gain the most support from stakeholders?


A. Ensure that they all feel equally important to the project.
B. Ask the project sponsor for help with stakeholder engagement.
C. Engage with stakeholders at the highest level of the organization and ask that they show support to the others.
D. Increase engagement based on each stakeholder's level of influence and potential project impact.

When conducting procurements, what process should the project manager implement to obtain stakeholder agreement?


A. Update Stakeholder Engagement Plan
B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement

C. Monitor and Control Project Work
D. Plan Procurement Management

A project management team is developing a project management information system (PMIS) as a collaboration tool for internal and external stakeholders. A dashboard is updated monthly with information on the project's performance.
What type of communication method does this describe?


A. Corporate intranet
B. Interactive
C. Project progress reporting
D. Pull

Due to increased price volatility, a vendor asks the project manager to make a price change that will affect the project contract. What should the project manager do next?


A. Ask the change control board (CCB) for approval.
B. Execute the approved change.
C. Evaluate the impact, then update the risk register, project management plan, and budget.
D. Submit a change request and analyze the impact.

A joint venture project between two partner organizations has been completed. The project involved the sharing of proprietary information unique to each organization and the subsequent creation of new intellectual property unique to the project and equally owned
by both partners.
What approach should be used in dealing with the shared proprietary information and new intellectual property created as a result of the project?


A. Each partner should retain its intellectual property and decide how to use the new intellectual property.
B. Both partners should agree on a legal basis for the new intellectual property and previously shared proprietary information.
C. Both parties should agree on the new intellectual property, and each partner should retain its own proprietary information.
D. Both partners should create a new company that will hold unique rights over the new intellectual property.

Some raw materials are required for a new factory project, most of which are procured from different countries. Based on their experience with similar projects, the project manager knows that the material from certain countries might be delayed by customs.
What should the project manager do?


A. Implement a risk response.

B. Perform a risk identification.
C. Update the issue log.
D. Conduct an impact analysis.

While reviewing the statement of work (SOW), two stakeholders disagree on what the project should include. What should the project manager do?


A. Include the stakeholders comments for future reference in the project charter.
B. Meet with the two stakeholders to resolve the conflict and reach agreement.
C. Document the stakeholders opinions but include the remaining stakeholders input in final decision making.
D. Document the conflict in the issue log before participating in the development of the project charter.