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1. A source of variation that is inherent in a system and predictable is typically known as:
special cause variation.
common cause variation
systemic variation
life cycle variation
2. Celebrations of success ease the stress of working hard for a prolonged period of time trying to accomplish a project
True
False
3. Joseph Juran provided guidance regarding how to conduct quality planning. All of the following items are consistent with his quality planning guidance EXCEPT:
identify all customers and their needs
quality must be inspected into the process
develop methods to satisfy customer requirements
develop requirements based on customer needs
4. Which of the following accurately describes risk in project management?
A risk may impact the project in a positive or negative way
Some projects have no risks.
Risk assessment should remain objective and uninfluenced by stakeholder priorities.
Project managers should always be risk averse
5. Implementing approved changes as directed by the project's integrated change control system.
True
False
6. Project close-out checklists are used by many organizations to assign responsibility to each item concerning project closeout.
True
False
7. When a project is no longer needed or viable, the project manager, as primary advocate for the project, should recommend early termination.
True
False
8. All of the following statements accurately describe supply chain management EXCEPT:
It is a closed-loop system solely within the project organization's boundaries
It spans across suppliers, resellers, project organizations and consumers.
It addresses the flow of products, information and funds.
It is a system approach to managing the entire flow of physical products.
9. The decision process for developing relevant quality standards on a project includes all of the following activities EXCEPT:
identify all stakeholders
understand the prioritized stakeholders' requirements
design work systems
make tradeoff decisions
10. All of the following are benefits that can be attributed to the effective use of a risk management plan EXCEPT:
It enables project managers to eliminate or reduce the impact of some threats.
It enables the project manager to identify and eliminate all risks
It facilitates communication with various project stakeholders.
It enables project managers to capitalize on some opportunities.
11. The personal values of team members on high-performing teams can be enhanced through all of the following beneficial communication practices EXCEPT:
free sharing of information within and beyond the team
open discussion of all important topics
proactive reporting of potential problems
encouragement of personal conflict
12. Which of the following factors should be considered when a project team evaluates a "make or buy" decision to procure services?
prevailing public opinion regarding the economic impact of outsourcing
only the direct costs associated with the decision, excluding consideration of indirect costs
advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing in terms of time, cost and performance control
project manager's or sponsor's preference
13. On agile projects, detailed risk management activities may occur during all of the following times EXCEPT:
While planning each subsequent iteration.
During early risk planning at the start of the project.
In daily stand-up meetings.
During retrospectives at the end of each iteration.
14. It is argued that project teams progress through five stages of team development. Which of the following sequences best represents this progression?
forming, norming, storming, performing, reforming
forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
forming, storming, norming, performing, reforming
forming, performing, reforming, norming, adjourning
15. The process of developing an approximation of the cost of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities is known as:
capital budgeting.
estimate resources.
estimate cost.
activity resourcing.
16. Which of the following quality management thought leaders is generally credited with contributing the insight that team learning is necessary to improve quality?
Ishikawa
Senge
Taguchi
Harrington
17. The personal values of team members on high-performing teams can be enhanced through which of the following team behavior practices?
independent efforts and emphasis on the individual
constant focus on improvement
unilateral initiatives and personal competition
adherence to formal procedures
18. Which estimating technique uses historical data from a similar project as a starting point for creating a time or cost estimate?
analogous estimating
parametric estimating
bottom-up estimating
Monte Carlo estimating
19. What type of cost is incurred when a project must be conducted faster than normal, and overtime for workers and / or extra charges for rapid delivery from suppliers are necessary?
marginal costs
expedited costs
nonrecurring costs
variable costs.
20. The procurement management plan:
describes how the procurement division will be managed.
describes how supply chain partners will be managed.
describes how a project team will acquire goods and services from outside the performing organization.
describes how sellers will be audited by the procurement team.
21. All of the following accurately describe skills that an owner's representative can use during the project when making tradeoffs EXCEPT:
Managing change
Inspecting quality into the project
Team building
Knowledge of criteria
22. Which of the following is one of the PMBOK Guide's four project procurement management processes?
Conduct procurements
Perform configuration management
Conduct contract reviews
Perform value engineering
23. Control quality generally includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Using management by objectives
Repairing defects
Providing specific measurements for quality assurance
Implementing approved changes as directed by the project's integrated change control system.
24. Which estimating technique decomposes the work into detailed pieces for which estimates are prepared and then aggregated into a total quantity for the project?
piece meal pricing
decomposition estimating
bottom-up estimating
grass roots estimating
25. On long projects it is often better to capture lessons frequently since people may not remember clearly what happened several months previously.
True
False