PMP Rita Exam Prep Questions - Chapter 4 Integration Mgmt

5. All of the following are parts of an effective change management plan EXCEPT: A. Procedures B. Standards for reports C. Meetings D. Lessons learned

D

18. The project manager is working to clearly describe the level of involvement expected from everyone on the project in order to prevent rework, conflict, and coordination problems. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's efforts? A. Develop Project Management Plan and Plan Quality Management B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement and Direct and Manage Project Work C. Validate Scope and Control Quality D. Identify Risks and Develop Project Team

A

32. Which of the following sequences represents straight line depreciation? A. $100, $100, $100 B. $100, $120, $140 C. $100, $120, $160 D. $160, $140, $120

A

35. An output of the Close Project or Phase process is the creation of: A. Project archives B. A project charter C. A project management plan D. A risk analysis plan

A

39. Linear programming is an example of what type of project selection criteria? A. Constrained optimization B. Comparative approach C. Benefit measurement D. Impact analysis

A

41. The engineering department has uncovered a problem with the cost accounting system and has asked the systems department to analyze what is wrong and fix the problem. You are a project managerr working with the cost accounting programs on another project. Management has issued a change request to the change control board to add the new work to your project. Your existing project has a cost performance index (CPI) of 1.2 and a schedule performance index (SPI) of 1.3, so you have some room to add work without delaying your existing project or going over budget. However, you cannot see how the new work fits within the project charter for your existing project. After some analysis, you determine that the new work and existing work do not overlap and can be done concurrently. They also require different skill sets. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do? A. Develop a project charter B. Reestimate the project schedule with input from the engineering department C. Verify the scope of the new work with the help of the stakeholders D. Identify specific changes to the existing work

A

9. Integration is done by the: A. Project manager B. Team C. Sponsor D. Stakeholders

A

10. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role as an integrator? A. Help team members become familiar with the project B. Put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole C. Put all the pieces of a project into a program D. Get all team members together into a cohesive whole

B

11. Approved corrective action is an input to: A. Validate Scope B. Direct and Manage Project Work C. Develop Project Charter D. Develop Schedule

B

13. Which of the following BEST describes what a project charter may be used for when the work is completed? A. To make sure all the team members are rewarded. B. To help determine if a scope change should be approved. C. To assess the effectiveness of the change control system. D. To make sure that all the documentation on the project is completed.

B

17. You are taking over a project during project planning and discover that six individuals have signed the project charter. Which of the following should MOST concern you? A. Who will be a member of the change control board B. Spending more time on configuration management C. Getting a single project sponsor D. Determining the reporting structure

B

2. The customer has accepted the project scope. However, the lessons learned required by the project management office have not been completed. What is the status of the project? A. The project is incomplete because it needs to be replanned. B. The project is incomplete until all project and product deliverables are complete and accepted. C. The project is complete because the customer has accepted the deliverables. D. The project is complete because it has reached its due date.

B

22. The primary customer of a project has requested an application change during user testing. As project manager, how should you BEST address this issue? A. Develop a risk mitigation plan. B. Created a formal change request. C. Inform the project sponsor of changes to scope, cost, and schedule. D. Ensure the scope change complies with all relevant contractual provisions.

B

29. During project executing, the project manager determines that a change is needed to material purchased for the project. The project manager calls a meeting of the team to plan how to make the change. This is an example of: A. Management by objectives B. Lack of a change management plan C. Good team relations D. Lack of a clear work breakdown structure

B

31. You are asked to prepare a budget for completing a project that was started last year and then shelved for six months. All the following would be included in the budget EXCEPT: A. Fixed costs B. Sunk costs C. Direct costs D. Variable costs

B

33. This project is chartered to determine new ways to extend the product life of one of the company's medium-producing products. The project manager comes from the engineering department, and the team comes from product management and marketing departments. The project scope statement and project planning are completed when a stakeholder notifies the team that there is a better way to complete one of the work packages. They even supply a technical review letter from their department proving that the new way to complete the work package will actually be faster than the old way. The project manager has had similar experiences with this department on other projects, and was expecting this to happen on this project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do? A. Contact the department and complain again about their missing the deadline for submission of scope B. Look for how this schedule change will impact the cost to complete the work package and the quality of the product of the work package C. See if there is a way to change from a matrix environment to a functional organization so as to eliminate all the interference from other departments D. Ask the department if they have any other changes

B

4. The custmer on a project tells the project manager they have run out of money to pay for the project. What should the project manager do FIRST? A. Shift more of the work to later in the schedule to allow time for the customer to get the funds. B. Close Project or Phase. C. Stop work. D. Release part of the project team.

B

40. You have created the project charter, but could not get it approved. Your manager and his boss have asked that the project begins immediately. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do? A. Set up an integrated change control process B. Show your manager the impact of proceeding without approval C. Focus on completing projects that have signed project charters D. Start work on only the critical path activities

B

43. Which of the following BEST reflect the phrase "influencing the factors that affect change"? A. Telling people that changes are not allowed after planning is complete. B. Determining the sources of changes and fixing the root causes. C. Adding more activities to the work breakdown structure to accomodate risks D. Calculating the impact of changes to date on the project.

B

6. A work authorization system can be used to: A. Manage who does each activity B. Manage what time and in what sequence work is done C. Manage when each activity is done D. Manage who does each activity and when it is done

B

15. Which of the following is TRUE about the development of a project charter? A. The sponsor creates the project charter, and the project manager approves it. B. The project team creates the project charter, and the PMO approves it. C. The executive manager creates the project charter, and the functional manager approves it. D. The project manager creates the project charter, and the sponsor approves it.

D

16. A project management plan should be realistic in order to be used to manage the project. Which of the following is the BEST method to achieve a realistic project management plan? A. Sponsor creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager B. Functional manager creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager C. Project manager creates the project management plan based on input from senior management D. Project manager creates the project management plan based on input from the team

D

19. All of the following are parts of Direct and Manage Project Work EXCEPT: A. Identifying changes B. Using a work breakdown structure C. Implementing corrective actions D. Setting up a project control system

D

1. The need for ___ is one of the major driving forces for communication in a project. A. Optimization B. Integrity C. Integration D. Differentiation

C

12. Double declining balance is a form of: A. Decelerated depreciation B. Straight line depreciation C. Accelerated depreciation D. Life cycle costing

C

14. Which of the following BEST describes a project management plan? A. A printout from project management software B. A bar chart C. Risk, staffing, process improvement, and other management plans D. The project scope

C

21. You are in the middle of executing a major modification to an existing product when you learn that the resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. The BEST thing to do is to: A. Show how the resources were originally promised to your project B. Replan the project without the resources C. Explain the impact if the promised resources are not made available D. Crash the project

C

25. You are a project manager who was just assigned to take over a project from another project manager who is leaving the company. The previous project manager tells you that the project is on schedule, but only because he has constantly pushed the team to perform. What is the FIRST thing you should do as the new project manager? A. Check risk status B. Check cost performance C. Determine a management strategy D. Tell the team your objectives

C

27. It is the middle of the project when the project manager is informed by her scheduler that the project control limits are secure. That same morning she receives a note from a team member about a problem he is having. The note says, "This activity is driving me crazy and the manager of the accounting department won't help me until the activity's float is in jeopardy." In addition, the project manager has e-mails from a minor stakeholder and 14 e-mails from team members. While she is reading the e-mails, a team member walks into the project manager's office to tell her a corrective action was implemented by a team member from the project management office, but was not documented. What should the project manager do NEXT? A. Report the documentation violation to the project management ofice, evaluate the security of the control limits, and review the e-mailing rules in the communications management plan B. Clarify the reasoning behind documentation being a problem, get the accounting department to assist the team member, and respond to the minor stakeholder C. Add the implemented corrective action to the historical records, discuss the value of documentation at the next team meeting, and smooth the team member with the accounting department problem D. Find out who caused the problem with the accounting department, respond to the minor stakeholder before responding to the other e-mails, and review the process listed in the communications management plan for reporting concerns with the team member having the documentation problem

C

28. The client demands changes to the product specification that will add only two weeks to the critical path. Which of the following is the BEST thing for the project manager to do? A. Compress the schedule to recover the two weeks B. Cut scope to recover the two weeks C. Consult with the sponsor about options D. Advise the client of the impact of the change

C

34. Project A has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 21 percent. Project B has an IRR of 7 percent. Project C has an IRR of 31 percent. Project D has an IRR of 19 percent. Which of these would be the BEST project? A. Project A B. Project B C. Project C D. Project D

C

38. A project manager is trying to convince management to use more formal project management procedures and has decided to start improving the company's project management by obtaining a project charter. Wich of the following BEST describes why the project charter would help the project manager? A. It describes the details of what needs to be done B. It lists the names of all team members C. It gives the project manager authority D. It describes the project's history

C

20. A project manager is appointed to head a highly technical project in an area with which this person has limited familiarity. The project manager delegates the processes of Develop schedule, Estimate Costs, Define Activities, and Estimate Activity Resources to various project team members, and basically serves as an occasional referee and coordinator of activities. The results of this approach are likely to be: A. A team functioning throughout the project at a very high level, demonstrating creativity and commitment B. A team that initially experiences some amounts of confusion, but that after a period of time becomes a cohesive and effective unit C. A team that is not highly productive, but that stays together because of the work environment created by the project manager D. A team that is characterized by poor performance, low morale, high levels of conflict and high turnover

D

7. A project is plagued by changes to the project charter. Who has the primary responsibility to decide if these changes are necessary? A. The project manager B. The project team C. The sponsor D. The stakeholders

C

8. Effective project integration usually requires an emphasis on: A. The personal careers of the team members. B. Timely updates to the project management plan. C. Effective communication at key interface points. D. Product control.

C

23. The project manager has just received a change from the customer that does not affect the project schedule and is easy to complete. What should the project manager do FIRST? A. Make the change happen as soon as possible B. Contact the project sponsor for permission C. Go to the change control board D. Evaluate the impacts on other project constraints

D

24. Your company just won a major new project. It will begin in three months and is valued at $2,000,000. You are the project manager for an existing project. What is the FIRST thing you should do once you hear of the new project? A. Ask management how the new project will use resources B. Resource level your project C. Crash Your project D. Ask management how the new project will affect your project

D

26. You are assigned as the project manager in the middle of the project. The project is within the baselines, but the customer is not happy with the performance of the project. What is the FIRST thing you should do? A. Discuss it with the project team B. Recalculate baselines C. Renegotiate the contract D. Meet with the customer

D

3. When it comes to changes, the project manager's attention is BEST given to: A. Making changes B. Tracking and recording changes C. Informing the sponsor of changes D. Preventing unnecessary changes

D

30. The project was going well when all of a sudden there were changes to the project coming from multiple stakeholders. After all the changes were determined, the project manager spent time with all the stakeholders to find out why there were changes and to discover any more. The project work has quieted down when a team member casually mentions to the project manager that he added functionality to a product of the project. "Do not worry," he says, "I did not impact time, cost, or quality!" What should a project manager do FIRST? A. Ask the team member how the need for the functionality was determined B. Hold a meeting to review the team member's completed work C. Look for other added functionality D. Ask the team member how he knows there is no time, cost, or quality impact

D

36. All of the following would occur during the Close Project or phase process EXCEPT: A. Creating lessons learned B. Formal acceptance C. Reducing resource spending D. Performing benefit cost analysis

D

37. Which of the following is included in a project charter? A. A risk management strategy B. Work package estimates C. Detailed resource estimates D. The business need for the project

D

42. All technical work is completed on the project. Which of the following remains to be done? A. Validate Scope B. Plan Risk Responses C. Create a staffing management plan D. Complete lessons learned

D