Question 151
A project is taking more effort than anticipated. Which of the following constraints will MOST likely be affected?
A. Scope
B. Time
C. Quality
D. Cost
Question 152
A risk with minor impact has been realized. There is no change to the triple constraint. The PM should notify the:
A. internal project team.
B. key stakeholders.
C. affected team members.
D. full project team.
Question 153
An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise. Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?
A. Exploitation
B. Acceptance
C. Validation
D. Transfer
Question 154
A company hires a number of interns and assigns them key roles on a project. Which of the following should the project manager MOST likely anticipate?
A. Reduced quality
B. Reduced scope
C. Reduced risk
D. Reduced timeline
Question 155
The project schedule performance index is 1.1, and the cost performance index is 0.9. Which of the following describes the project status?
A. Ahead of schedule and over budget
B. Behind schedule and under budget
C. Ahead of schedule and under budget
D. Behind schedule and over budget
Question 156
A non-stakeholder approaches the project manager and asks if certain items can be added to a project that was started two months earlier. Which of the following constraints does this impact MOST?
A. Time
B. Schedule
C. Scope
D. Cost
Question 157
A team member was replaced on a project by a new team member of equal capability.
Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?
A. Resource loading
B. Resource leveling
C. Prioritizing tasks
D. Allocating resources
Question 158
Which of the following would indicate a project manager is working in a matrix-based organization?
A. The project manager has full authority over resources and the project.
B. The project manager has no authority over the project resources and limited-to-no authority over the project.
C. Resources align to the project, report to the project manager, and have no functional home at the end of the project.
D. Resources report to business area functional managers and return to the functional area at the end of the project.
Question 159
A project team is spread between two countries on different continents. Which of the following factors are MOST likely to influence communication methods selected for the communication plan? (Choose two.)
A. Interorganizational constraints
B. Personal preferences
C. Language barriers
D. Cultural differences
E. Confidentiality constraints
Question 160
Two team members approach a project manager with different ideas for completing a task. After listening to the team members' ideas, the project manager does not choose either one and requires both members to finish the task as originally planned. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager applying?
A. Avoiding
B. Smoothing
C. Forcing
D. Compromising
