1) During the budget approval process, a project manager makes some initial estimations that include scope and potential risk reserves. After submitting the budget for approval, the project manager is asked to submit one that is more accurate. What should the project manager do next? A. Run a bottom-up estimation and provide a new budget. B. Perform a cost-benefit analysis to support the current budget estimations. C. Conduct a top-down estimation and provide a new budget. D. Review the justification of the estimates to ensure that they are accurate and current.

2) A large software development project, with high revenue and more than 50 people on the team is in the execution plan. The requirements have been collected, and the project team finished the first module in two months. The results were presented to the stakeholders and the team received approval. However, the stakeholders informed the team that new requirements were not previously communicated. What should the project manager have done during the execution phase to avoid this problem? A. Held status meeting and retrospectives to discover unexpected requirements and update the project management plan. B. Talked to the sponsor and explain the situation to gain additional time to make modifications for the new stakeholder requirements. C. Held brainstorming sessions to recollect the requirements in the scope management plan and execute all requirements together. D. Created a stakeholder analysis to understand individual expectations to help plan the correct approach and complete all requirements at once. ANSWER: D?

3) Detailed design has begun on a firm fixed price (FFP) contract, and the statement of work (SOW) has been clearly defined for the consultants. Now, an expert communicates to the consultants that additional work is needed. How should the project manager proceed? A. Approve the additional work. B. Amend the FFP control to include the additional work. C. Review the scope of the additional work. D. Log the additional work in the risk register.

4) During a project's execution phase, the project manager notices that internal email communications have been copied to external clients. What should the project manager do first? A. Review the communications management plan. B. Advise the team that internal emails should not be shared. C. Tell the clients to disregard the emails. D. Review the stakeholder engagement plan.

5) During the planning phase of a project, the project manager learns that the sponsor has eliminated some important deliverables in other projects over the past three years, producing a negative cost variance. What should the project manager do next? A. Document the lessons learned. B. Include the issue in the risk matrix. C. Define the scope baseline correctly. D. Document the issue in the issue log.

6) What should the project manager do to engage the team in work relating to these technologies? A. Ask team members to individually learn the technologies. B. Organize internal and external training for all team members on the technologies. C. Hire a technical expert on the technologies. D. Replace the existing resources with new ones that have knowledge of these technologies.

7) A stakeholder identifies a potential infrastructure problem that may result in financial impacts to a new bridge construction project. The stakeholder asks the project team to document and implement some proactive actions to avoid the potential issues. Now, the project manager must classify the risk according to the existing risk rankings. What kind of analysis should the project manager use? A. Earned value B. Quantitative risk C. Qualitative risk D. Financial

8) A project manager is in charge of a project for a client that involves working with multiple external vendors. The final outcome of the project is the printing of letters by a print vendor for fulfillment. During the integration testing, the project manager realizes that the print vendor is not yet ready for printing, which impacts the sign-off. What needs to be clearly defined during planning? A. The letter template task needs to be identified during planning. B. The fulfillment print vendor needs to be identified during planning. C. The project and delivery plan needs to be shared with the print vendor. D. The schedule prepared during this phase should include external dependencies.

9) A functional manager for the organization is also the direct supervisor for one of the team members on a current project. The functional manager requests that the project manager provide a weekly summary of the team member's work performance. The functional manager and the project manager are not in the same geographical area. What should the project manager do? A. Make a phone call at the end of the week to quickly debrief the functional manager on the tasks performed. B. Deny the functional manager's request and escalate the situation to the steering committee. C. Draft a weekly email to the functional manager with a short list of the tasks performed. D. Hold a weekly meeting with the functional manager to review the tasks performed.

10) A project that uses several vendors is estimated to complete in two years. At the end of the first year, a significant budget overrun is identified. Conscious that the project must be brought back under control, the project manager issues a change request. What should the project manager do to support the change request? A. Conduct a risk workshop B. Perform a root cause analysis C. Update the change control processes D. Complete a quality audit