A key member of your project has deep technical skills and many years of experience in the company. Although she is not a manager, people respect her and do what she suggests. Of the following types of power, which one does she have?
A. Legitimate B. Reward C. Referent D. Expert
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Expert power is earned/personal power when project personnel admire an individual’s skills and want to follow him or her as a role model. In such situations, people willingly comply with the demands of such a person.
As you use the critical chain method in lieu of the critical path method in developing your schedule, assume you have determined the buffer schedule activities. Your planned activities are scheduled to their latest possible planed start and end dates. Therefore, you
are focusing on______________
A. Managing the free float of each network path B. Managing the total float of the network paths C. Managing remaining buffer durations against the remaining durations of task chains D. Managing the total buffer durations against the durations of the task chains
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation:
The purpose of the critical chain method is to modify the project schedule to account for limited resources. The schedule is built using duration estimates with required dependencies and defined constraints as inputs. Then, the critical path is calculated and
resource availability is entered, which means there is a resource-limited schedule with an altered critical path. Buffers protect the critical chain from slippage, and the size of each buffer accounts for the uncertainty in the duration of the chain of dependent tasks
that lead up to the buffer. This method then focuses on managing the remaining buffer durations against the remaining duration of task chains.
Two team members on your current construction project are engaged in a major argument concerning the selection of project management software. They refuse to listen to each other. The most appropriate conflict resolution approach for you to use in this
situation is______________
A. Accommodating B. Compromising C. Collaborating D. Forcing
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Forcing, using power or dominance, implies the use of position power to resolve conflict. It involves imposing one viewpoint at the expense of another. Project managers may use it when time is of the essence, when an issue is vital to the project’s well-being, or
when they think they are right based on available information. Although this approach is appropriate when quick decisions are required or when unpopular issues are an essential part of the project, it puts project managers at risk.
Work completed, key performance indicators, technical performance measures, start and finish dates of schedule activities, number of change requests, number of defects, actual costs, and actual decisions are examples of work performance data are an output
of______________
A. Project plan development B. Risk control C. Monitor and control project work D. Direct and manage project work
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Work performance data containing these examples are an output of direct and manage project work. They are raw observations and measurements identified as activities are being performed to complete the work of the project. These data often are viewed at the
lowest level of detail from which information is derived by other processes. The data then are gathered as the work is done and passed to the controlling processes of the various processes for further analyses.
A. To compare current performance with prospective lessons learned B. To prepare the stakeholder management plan C. To evaluate the skills and competencies of prospective team members D. As an input to develop project charter
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Historical information is an organizational process access in the develop project charter process. Other organizational process assets are organizational standard processes, policies, and process definitions; templates from other project charters; and the lessons
learned data base.
A number of different decision-making styles can be used in a team environment. When quality and acceptance are both important, which of the following styles should be used?
A. Command B. Consultation
C. Consensus D. Coin flip
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
Project managers tend to use four basic decision styles: command, consultation, consensus, and coin flip or random. If acceptance and quality are both important, the consultation style is preferred. It allows for some involvement of team members but allows
project managers to maintain control over the final decision. In this style, team members are free to express their opinions, but the project manager makes the final decision.
A team-building approach that facilitates concurrent engineering is______________
A. Matrix management B. Fast-tracking C. Tight matrix D. Task force
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation:
A “tight” matrix refers to team members working in close proximity to one another. Studies have demonstrated that such a team approach facilitates concurrent engineering by having designers working next to manufacturing engineers, for example, to help ensure
that the project is designed in such a manner that it is also cost-effective to manufacture.
The greatest degree of uncertainty is encountered during which phase of the project life cycle?
A. Concept B. Planning C. Implementation D. Closeout
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
The greatest degree of uncertainty about the future is encountered during the concept phase or at the start of the project. The direction of the project is determined in this phase, and the decisions made have the greatest influence on scope, quality, time, and cost
of the project.
Within your company's portfolio, your project is ranked in the top five in terms of importance of the 60 projects under way; however, the number of resources available to you is still limited. You have decided to pilot test the use of critical chain on your project. You
have calculated your critical path. You want to ensure that your target finish date does not slip in the critical chain method. To do so you should______________
A. Add a project buffer B. Put in three feeding buffers C. Determine the drum resource D. Manage the total float of the network paths
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
After the critical path is identified using the critical chain method, resource availability is entered and a resource-constrained schedule results. This schedule may have an altered critical path that is known as the critical chain. The critical chain method adds
duration buffers that are non-work schedule activities to manage uncertainty. To protect the target finish date from slippage on the critical chain, a project buffer is placed at the end of the critical chain.
A structured review of the seller's progress to deliver project scope and quality within cost and schedule is known as a(n)______________
A. Procurement performance review B. Procurement audit C. Inspection D. Status review meeting
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
These reviews are a tool and technique of the control procurements process, which can include a review of seller-prepared documentation and buyer inspections. They seek to identify performance successes or failures, progress with respect to the contract
statement of work and contract noncompliance.
