Question 6 (4 points)

After developing the initial project schedule, you find that the customer delivery date cannot be met even if you put on additional resources. You determine that the only way to achieve this is to incorporate 2 weeks lead of coding and 3 weeks lead for testing, though it is not ideal to commence coding before the design is complete and commence testing before coding is complete. Your team has assured you that they will be able to manage the risk. This is an example of

Question 6 options:

1)	Fast-tracking schedule

2)	Crashing schedule

3)	Risk-based scheduling

4)	Dynamic scheduling

Question 7 (4 points)

As Project Manager, what option(s) do you have to eliminate resource over allocation?

Question 7 options:

1)	Agree on overtime

2)	Delay the activities in contention

3)	Add more resources

4)	All of the above

Question 8 (4 points)

You have just come out of a project governance board meeting and called for a debriefing session with a project team. What kind of communication is this?

Question 8 options:

1)	Informal oral

2)	Formal oral

3)	Formal unofficial

4)	Informal upward

Question 9 (4 points)

After developing an initial project schedule for your project, you find that the customer delivery date cannot be achieved with the available resources. You have also determined that if 2 more resources are made available for the next quarter then you would be able to achieve the date without impacting quality. You negotiate with senior management for getting two additional resources in the next quarter and upon their approval, resource management group earmarks two such resources for you. This is an example of

Question 9 options:

1)

Crashing

2)	Fast-tracking

3)	Resource optimization

4)	Resource leveling

Question 10 (4 points)

Which of the following expresses overall intention and direction of an organization with regard to quality?

Question 10 options:

1)	Quality Policy

2)

Vision

3)

Mission

4)	Quality Plan

Question 11 (4 points)

You are project manager for a project involving a geographically distributed team. One of your team assessments revealed that a team is still in the Storming stage. You would like to take it to the Performing stage quickly in light of an upcoming major milestone. Which team development technique is likely to be most effective?

Question 11 options:

1)	Virtual team

2)	Team building

3)	Conflict Management

4)	Negotiation

Question 12 (4 points)

Which of the following statements about Project Cost management in an agile/adaptive environment is not correct?

Question 12 options:

1)	Detailed estimates should be done at the beginning of the project

2)	Fast, light-weight high level estimation methods have a definite place in cost estimation in an agile environment

3)	In cases where high variability projects are also subject to strict budgets, the scope and schedule are more often adjusted to stay within cost constraints

4)	The Planning horizon for detailed estimates is typically short and they are done just in time

Question 13 (4 points)

Which of the below statements about control quality and validate scope is correct?

Question 13 options:

1)	Validate scope is primarily concerned with acceptance of deliverables whereas control quality is primarily concerned with the correctness of the deliverables and meeting the specified quality requirements for the deliverables

2)	The outputs of control quality process are verified deliverables which are inputs to Validate Scope process

3)	Control quality is generally performed before validating scope however they both may be performed in parallel

4)	All of the above

Question 14 (4 points)

Which of the below are desirable personality traits for a project manager?

Question 14 options:

1)

Authentic

2)

Rude

3)

Systemic

4)	Both (a) and (c) above

Question 15 (4 points)

Which component of the PMI Talent Triangle would cover domain knowledge?

Question 15 options:

1)	Technical Project Management

2)	Strategic and Business Management

3)	Leadership

4)	Customer Management