Which Project Management Process Group defines and authorizes the project?

A

Planning

B

Monitoring and Controlling

C

Initiating

D

Executing

Mark needs some help with the Define Activities process for his project, because it involves work outside of his expertise. He decides to invite the project manager from a previous similar project, the lead designer from that project and the primary stakeholder from his project to help him define the activities for his project. What technique is Mark employing?

A

Rolling wave planning

B

Decomposition

C

Expert judgment

D

Parametric estimating

__________ is a technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables to calculate a cost estimate activity parameter, such as cost, budget and duration.

A

Bottom-up estimating

B

Parametric estimating

C

Statistical estimating

D

Top-down estimating

You saw the company CEO in the elevator and gave him a quick briefing about a project issue. What type of communication did you employ?

A

Formal written

B

Informal written

C

Informal verbal

D

Formal verbal

Sources of conflict include the following EXCEPT:

A

Scarce resources

B

Team ground rules

C

Scheduling priorities

D

Personal work styles

__________ describe(s) project status and include(s) lessons learned, issue logs, project closure reports and outputs from other Knowledge Areas.

A

Project plans

B

Project presentations

C

Feedback from stakeholders

D

Project reports

What is the term for people actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be affected as a result of project execution or project completion?

A

Impacted

B

Team members

C

Environmentalists

D

Stakeholders

Which of the following is an example of an organizational process asset that may be an input to the project charter?

A

Government or industry standards

B

Marketplace conditions

C

Company culture and structure

D

Templates

The project kickoff for a 6-month project included a full afternoon of project review, followed by an evening outing to a bowling alley to create some team building. The bowling was from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and you and your fellow consultants joined the client personnel on the trip. That night you wonder if the bowling portion was billable time or not. Was it billable?

A

No, it should not be billed since it was not done at the client site

B

Yes, team building activities are a legitimate part of a project engagement

C

No, you should have stayed on site and done serious work if you wanted to have that time billable

D

No, since the bowling was done after hours it is not legitimate work

Tad is having a discussion over lunch with one of his stakeholders. He is explaining his concern about being able to meet all of the project deliverables on time. The stakeholder suggests that Tad consider removing the majority of the quality control testing in the plan as a way to get the project back on track. Tad knows that the tests are required not only by the organizational policies, but also by a federal government agency's policies. What should Tad do?

A

Explain the policies to the stakeholder and choose not to take his suggestion

B

Take the suggestion and remove the tests from the plan

C

Refuse the suggestion, but do not mention the policies

D

Take the suggestion, and buy the stakeholder lunch in return for his help