Which of the following provides the initial opportunity for a project manager to demonstrate strong leadership skills to the project team?? Project kickoff meeting Scope approval meeting C

  

Which of the following provides the initial opportunity for a project manager to demonstrate strong leadership skills to the project team? 

Project kickoff meeting

Scope approval meeting

Change request meeting

Phase 3 approval meeting

2

Which of the following best describes a deliverable coded yellow on a dashboard? 

Deliverable is experiencing an unresolved quality issue.

Deliverable is likely to cause a schedule delay.

Deliverable is currently on track.

Deliverable is significantly over budget.

3

Project activities that generate time overruns require a project manager to begin performing which of the following? 

Scope additions

Communication adjustments

Team member management

Change management

4

Which of the following is true about project changes?

Changes that affect the schedule are more likely to be managed than any other change.

Changes that affect the budget are more likely to be managed than any other change.

Required and necessary changes to a project do not have to be approved.

Significant changes to a project may result in the need for a new project.

5

Paul followed through for his team when he said he would bring them warm drinks and a portable heater if the weather on their outdoor project turned cold.
 

This situation illustrates which of the following motivation elements?

Being accessible

Providing feedback

Informing team members

Keeping promises

6

Which of the following is true regarding leadership? 

A project manager should consistently use the same leadership style.

Every leadership style uses identical methods to actively engage team members.

Project managers should be flexible relative to leadership styles.

Every leadership style uses specific methods to actively engage team members.

7

Which of the following should be avoided when communicating bad news? 

Emailing stakeholders as soon as a problem is discovered

Comparing possible solutions

Notifying the project sponsor

Scheduling additional meetings for discussion

8

Pam is a project manager who is working to develop a new cereal flavor for a line of cereals. She asks one of the team members to help another member complete a deliverable.
 

Which strategy is she applying?

Task focus

Schedule updating

Resource realignment

Recording time

9

Which of the following is an example of individual accountability?

Noah must complete his deliverable by the date specified in the project schedule.

Sarah emails Ginger to keep her apprised of a delay in project materials. 

A stakeholder contacted the project manager about a change to Ginger’s deliverable.

Ginger works with Noah to resolve a problem that affects deliverables they are responsible for completing.

10

Which of the following is the primary focus of scope monitoring?

Quality

Time

Effort

Cost

11

Which the following is true regarding scope monitoring?

Scope can be increased without affecting the schedule, but it usually affects the budget.

Scope can be increased without affecting the budget, but it usually affects the schedule.

Scope changes can result from additional requirements added to deliverables from stakeholder requests.

Project managers usually start a new project to create a requested deliverable rather than change the scope.

12

What is a RACI used for in the kick-off meeting? 

Reporting time spent on assigned activities

Describing the preferred methods of communicating changes

Setting team-level expectations

Building trust among team members

13

Stephon's homeowner's association rejects the roofing material he planned to use when adding a large, covered deck to his home.
 

Which of the following is the next step Stephon will take to manage the risk?

Finalize the contingency

Select a contingency

Reference contingency plans

Implement a contingency plan

14

Which of the following assists a project manager in communicating in a concise manner with stakeholders? 

Know when the audience is available to communicate

Know which documents to provide after a meeting

Know the audience and its information needs

Know the need to use text during presentations

15

During the process of monitoring progress, which question below could be answered by the project schedule? 

Do the deliverables meet the established quality and performance expectations?

Has the project encountered any significant cost overruns?

Are we on target to meet the project deadline?

Are the project requirements being followed?

16

Which of the following does a project manager do after a change request is approved? 

Creates an impact statement

Updates the communication plan

Implements a contingency plan

Re-baselines the budget and schedule

17

Which of the following is the most important aspect of project management?

Communicating effectively

Monitoring risks

Evaluating the budget

Completing deliverables

18

Zoe managed a project to develop a new type of potato chip for a snack company, and a drought occurred in the states that supplied potatoes for their chip production.
 

Which of the following is the source of change?

External forces

Project team

Organizational force

New stakeholder

19

A project manager wishes to control how communication is received.
 

Which communication medium below should be used to share a large amount of information with team members and stakeholders?

Meeting

Presentation

Documentation

Email

20

Which of the following is true regarding meetings? 

Project managers should be more involved in preparing for meetings than team members.

It is not necessary to create an agenda for a last-minute, emergency meeting.

A meeting agenda is used to address the purpose of the meeting.

A meeting agenda is used to document people who actually attended the meeting.

21

Which of the following documents is used to monitor and track risks to a project? 

Risk register

Network diagram

Dashboard

Status report

22

Which of the following is one reason individual accountabilities are defined for team members?

To create a safe environment for team members to communicate

To provide task descriptions for work to be completed

To ensure participation with people related to the project

To allocate people resources

23

Which of the following does implementing changes to a project typically require?

Adding new team members

Adjusting governance

Reducing the scope

Realigning resources

24

Which of the following must be done by project team members to assist the project manager in monitoring a project budget? 

Record the risks associated with the project tasks

Report services provided by a vendor with a fixed bid contract

Report the impact of completing a deliverable

Record effort continuously during the completion of a task

25

Which document below is used by a project manager to analyze performance expectations and quality when monitoring project progress? 

Scope

Schedule

Network diagram

Budget