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A major public-transportation construction project is aimed at significantly reducing emissions.

The project has been severely delayed due to noncompliance with environmental codes and bylaws.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

A.
Appointed a senior environmental compliance officer to report directly to the project manager.
A.
Appointed a senior environmental compliance officer to report directly to the project manager.
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B.
Approached the regulator for a partial waiver in light of the environmental importance of the project.
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Approached the regulator for a partial waiver in light of the environmental importance of the project.
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C.
Incorporated sufficient schedule reserves based on similar delays in past projects.
C.
Incorporated sufficient schedule reserves based on similar delays in past projects.
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D.
Mapped environmental compliance requirements, identified risks to achieving them, and prepared mitigations.
D.
Mapped environmental compliance requirements, identified risks to achieving them, and prepared mitigations.
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Suggested answer: D

Project acceptance criteria include on-site training for the new users of a system. Due to unforeseen circumstances, all team members have to work remotely for an indefinite period of time.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Reschedule on-site training to online sessions.
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Reschedule on-site training to online sessions.
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B.
Document the project issue and provide options.
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Document the project issue and provide options.
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C.
Create a risk and assign remediation actions.
C.
Create a risk and assign remediation actions.
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D.
Cancel all of the on-site training sessions.
D.
Cancel all of the on-site training sessions.
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Suggested answer: B

Explanation:

As a project manager you don't just make one-way decisions. It should always be a collaborative decision. Option A is forcing. Option B is providing options for a team meeting to go over the options and hear out other team members. Also, not able to fulfil the acceptance criteria is an issue for successfully completing the project. PM needs to document the issue and have a discussion with the team.

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A project manager is leading a software development project that will assist in maintenance management for a power plant. The project manager is analyzing project performance data and trying to forecast if the project will have any slippage in the future.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Perform schedule analysis.
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Perform schedule analysis.
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B.
Perform quality control analysis.
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Perform quality control analysis.
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C.
Perform trend analysis.
C.
Perform trend analysis.
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D.
Perform root cause analysis (RCA).
D.
Perform root cause analysis (RCA).
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Suggested answer: C

A project has been reporting a declining schedule performance index (SPI) for the past four reviews. No corrective action is under development, and the project team does not seem concerned.

What should the project manager do first to address the SPI trend?

A.
Notify the project stakeholders that the scope needs to be reduced in order to hold the costs within budget.
A.
Notify the project stakeholders that the scope needs to be reduced in order to hold the costs within budget.
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B.
Engage with the project team to create a plan that will deliver benefits on a defined and incremental basis.
B.
Engage with the project team to create a plan that will deliver benefits on a defined and incremental basis.
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C.
Contact the project sponsor to let them know you require more resources to meet the schedule.
C.
Contact the project sponsor to let them know you require more resources to meet the schedule.
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D.
Meet with the project scheduler to rebaseline the project using a more realistic schedule.
D.
Meet with the project scheduler to rebaseline the project using a more realistic schedule.
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Suggested answer: B

A highly critical project is in jeopardy due to missing professional resources.

What should the newly assigned project manager do first?

A.
Find available professionals within the organization to fill the gaps.
A.
Find available professionals within the organization to fill the gaps.
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B.
Determine the possibility for team members to split up the required tasks.
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Determine the possibility for team members to split up the required tasks.
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C.
Allocate funding for seeking external professionals to fill the gaps.
C.
Allocate funding for seeking external professionals to fill the gaps.
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D.
Request additional budget for team training for the missing expertise.
D.
Request additional budget for team training for the missing expertise.
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Suggested answer: A

Travel restrictions are suddenly imposed during a project's execution. The team members reside in different geographic locations.

What should the project manager do next to address this issue?

A.
Obtain and implement the sponsor's recommendations for a solution.
A.
Obtain and implement the sponsor's recommendations for a solution.
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B.
Ask the team members to proceed independently while examining needs and alternatives.
B.
Ask the team members to proceed independently while examining needs and alternatives.
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C.
Place a hold on activities until the team can resume the work on-site.
C.
Place a hold on activities until the team can resume the work on-site.
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D.
Halt all processes until procurement and implementation of solutions are completed.
D.
Halt all processes until procurement and implementation of solutions are completed.
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Suggested answer: B

A project team is performing a post-release evaluation of a product that requires detailed feedback from seven stakeholders. Six of the stakeholders have promptly provided feedback.

One of them has not provided any feedback despite numerous requests from the team.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

A.
Explain to the sponsor why the reluctant stakeholder needs to provide feedback.
A.
Explain to the sponsor why the reluctant stakeholder needs to provide feedback.
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B.
Host a meeting with the reluctant stakeholder and project team to resolve any conflict.
B.
Host a meeting with the reluctant stakeholder and project team to resolve any conflict.
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C.
Meet with all seven of the project stakeholders and request all of their feedback.
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Meet with all seven of the project stakeholders and request all of their feedback.
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D.
Schedule a meeting with the reluctant project stakeholder to obtain their feedback.
D.
Schedule a meeting with the reluctant project stakeholder to obtain their feedback.
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Suggested answer: D

A stressful situation has presented some challenges for the team. The project manager notices stress behavior in some of the team members, and it is beginning to spread across the group.

The project manager needs to coach the team to change their mindset in order to be more efficient.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Ensure that people care about each other and work effectively together through effective team management.
A.
Ensure that people care about each other and work effectively together through effective team management.
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B.
Create an environment of respect and fairness so the team can increase their project performance in stressful situations.
B.
Create an environment of respect and fairness so the team can increase their project performance in stressful situations.
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C.
Establish a productive environment where all team members can assist one another with the workload.
C.
Establish a productive environment where all team members can assist one another with the workload.
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D.
Meet with the team to discuss the correct, expected behavior in stressful situations and start practicing it.
D.
Meet with the team to discuss the correct, expected behavior in stressful situations and start practicing it.
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Suggested answer: D

A project is starting its sixth iteration out seven. During the daily meeting, a team member explains that a key function will take longer to complete than originally anticipated.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Ask for help to increase the team capacity to deliver on time.
A.
Ask for help to increase the team capacity to deliver on time.
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B.
Ask for a project extension to deliver the committed scope.
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Ask for a project extension to deliver the committed scope.
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C.
Update the issue log and escalate the problem to the project sponsor.
C.
Update the issue log and escalate the problem to the project sponsor.
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D.
Review the options and possible solutions with the project team.
D.
Review the options and possible solutions with the project team.
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Suggested answer: D

A project charter has been approved and the project manager has been assigned to the project.

The project manager is currently working with the project team to subdivide the project work packages.

What is the project manager doing?

A.
Resource leveling
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Resource leveling
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B.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
B.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
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C.
Decomposition
C.
Decomposition
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D.
Network diagram
D.
Network diagram
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Suggested answer: C
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