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48. Which of the following is not an example of a project?
a. Starting-up a restaurant
b. Creating a website for a company
c. Raising money for a disaster relief trip
d. Emptying the recycling everyday
49. The following mechanisms help to assure quality expectations are met:
a. Audits, inspections, and standards throughout the project.
b. Inspections only at the end of the project.
c. Only a list of standards is needed at the start of the project
d. No mechanisms are needed to assure quality.
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50. The usually states the time by which a project scope must be completed in terms of the specific date
agreed upon by the sponsor.
a. Project schedule
b. Project objective
c. Task timetable
d. Project scope
51. The project budget is based on
a. how well the project manager can use accounting software.
b. the estimated costs associated with the quantities of resources to be used.
c. the actual costs of the resources used for the project.
d. the costs to do the resources before any indirect costs.
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52. Costs for resources on a project could include all the following except
a. fees for subcontractors to perform project tasks
b. salaries of people who will work on the project
c. rental of facilities
d. costs for equipment that extends beyond the project time
53. A plan must be developed that identifies and assesses potential risks, determines the likelihood of
occurrence and potential impacts of risks, and delineates responses for dealing with risks
a. risk development
b. risk management
c. risk mitigation
d. risk avoidance
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54. Projects are identified and selected in the
a. initiating phase.
b. planning phase.
c. performing phase.
d. closing phase.
55. Resources are identified and selected in the
a. initiating phase.
b. planning phase.
c. performing phase.
d. closing phase.
56. The project plan is executed in the
a. initiating phase.
b. planning phase.
c. performing phase.
d. closing phase.
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57. Projects documents are organized and archived in the
a. initiating phase.
b. planning phase.
c. performing phase.
d. closing phase.
58. While performing the work, all the activities in the baseline plan must be performed in accordance to
a. what the person responsible for the activity wants.
b. lesson learned from prior projects.
c. how the sponsor has completed all their projects in the past.
d. the project schedule and technical specifications.
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59. Corrective action must be taken for a project when
a. actual progress to the planned progress shows the progress is ahead of schedule.
b. the technical specifications have been met.
c. the actual cost of the activities is less than the funds received for the work completed.
d. the actual progress is less than the planned progress.
60. Give an example of a project.
61. Describe a project that could be completed to help repair a city that has been damaged by an earthquake.
62. Give an example of a project objective.
63. List examples of three projects.
64. The schedule for a project specifies when each task should .
65. Describe five things that a project manager can do to make sure a customer is satisfied:
66. Jake, a project manager for XYS Company, is developing the project plan for the implementation of a new
technique to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emitted after a manufacturing process. Sara, a project
manager for ABG Company, is developing a project plan to survey customers about how they have
implemented a new product. Describe the similarities and differences of at least three project constraints that
Jake and Sara may face during their projects.
67. Describe what it means to “plan the work and then work the plan.”
68. Describe what each of the following mean in project planning: what, how, who, how long, and how much.
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69. Describe benefits of including the people that will be involved in performing the project when planning the
project.
70. Give an example of a project and describe when its performing phase is complete?
71. Why should feedback be obtained from a project’s sponsor?
72. The project management process involves two major functions: first establishing a plan and then executing
that plan to accomplish the project objective. Describe how the project manager can help these two functions
be successful.
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73. The project planning process of project management includes what steps?
74. How could currency fluctuations and exchange rates impact the accomplishment of the project objective and
customer satisfaction?
75. Describe how communication could be impacted for a project that is a multinational and multilingual project.
76. The list that includes key contact information, role or specific topics of interest, expectations, any known
issues, and areas of potential influence for each stakeholder is known as the
a. stakeholder register.
b. list of prior projects.
c. lessons learned list.
d. project technical specifications.
77. The stakeholder register is a convenient tool to keep
a. stakeholders at a distance from the project.
b. all stakeholder information consolidated and up–to–date.
c. all communications open to all stakeholders.
d. lessons learned.
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78. A stakeholder has concerns about a project, the project team should
a. wait for the stakeholder to contact the project manager about the concern.
b. prepare a defense for their project decisions.
c. write letters to all the stakeholders to not worry about the project.
d. be proactive and contact the stakeholder.
79. A project team is contacted by a stakeholder about a concern related to their project, the project team should
a. communicate with the stakeholder individually to deal with the concern.
b. send a mass email to all stakeholders to let them know the project is on time and under budget.
c. ignore the concern because one stakeholder is not important.
d. share the concern with all the other stakeholders to see if they agree.