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Questions # 31:

All the techniques described below can be used to keep a meeting focused except:

Options:

A.

Rephrase unclear ideas presented by group members


B.

Encourage pursuit of interesting new ideas


C.

Summarize discussion periodically


D.

Recall agenda items/purpose of meeting


E.

All are acceptable techniques


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Questions # 32:

How is scheduled variance calculated using the earned value technique?

Options:

A.

EV less AC


B.

AC less PV


C.

EV less PV


D.

AC less EV


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Questions # 33:

Who selects the appropriate processes for a project?

Options:

A.

Project stakeholders


B.

Project sponsor and project stakeholder


C.

Project manager and project team


D.

Project manager and project sponsor


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Questions # 34:

Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the planning process group?

Options:

A.

Update corporate processes and procedures based on lessons learned.


B.

Evaluate the effectiveness of risk responses.


C.

Recommend changes and defect repair.


D.

Work with the customer to determine acceptance criteria.


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Questions # 35:

Approved change requests, approved corrective actions, and updates to organizational process assets are all outputs of which project management process?

Options:

A.

Risk response planning


B.

Manage stakeholders


C.

Scope definition


D.

Performance reporting


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Questions # 36:

Which of the following is the LEAST effective way to influence the factors that create changes to the cost baseline?

Options:

A.

Review the project scope with the functional manager responsible for the greatest number of requested changes.


B.

Explain to those requesting changes the negative impact of change to the project.


C.

Eliminate the scope causing the most changes.


D.

Notify all stakeholders that no more changes will be allowed.


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Questions # 37:

What defines the portion of work included in a contract for items being purchased or acquired?

Options:

A.

Procurement management plan


B.

Evaluation criteria


C.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)


D.

Contract Statement of Work (SOW)


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Questions # 38:

You are in a meeting with someone who just ate a slice of garlic bread. You are distracted by his pungent breath.

Which of the following communication barriers describe these distractions?

Options:

A.

None of the other alternatives apply


B.

Selective Perception


C.

Sensory Limitations


D.

Varying Alertness of Perception


E.

Sign Detection


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Questions # 39:

What is the definition of project plan execution?

Options:

A.

Integrating all planned activities.


B.

Performing the activities included in the plan.


C.

Developing and maintaining the plan.


D.

Execution of deliverables.


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Questions # 40:

Which of the following is NOT part of stakeholder's management?

Options:

A.

Identify stakeholder's need


B.

make sure all the stakeholders are in project plan


C.

Identify stakeholders


D.

make sure all the stakeholders are in communication plan


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Questions # 41:

A work package has been scheduled to cost $1,000 to complete, and was to be finished today. As of today, the actual expenditure is $1,200 and approximately half of the work has been completed.

What is the cost variance?

Options:

A.

-$700


B.

-$200


C.

+$200


D.

+$500


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Questions # 42:

A Project Management Office (PMO) manages a number of aspects, including what?

Options:

A.

Project scope, schedule, cost, and quality of the products of the work packages


B.

Central coordinator of communication management across projects, and for the delivery of specific project objectives, organization opportunity assessment


C.

Assigns project resources to best meet project objectives


D.

Overall risk, overall opportunity and interdependencies among projects


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Questions # 43:

Analogous Cost Estimating relies on which of the following techniques?

Options:

A.

Expert Judgment


B.

Project Management Software


C.

Vendor Bid Analysis


D.

Reserve Analysis


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Questions # 44:

What tool or technique of Estimate Activity Durations uses parameters such as duration, budget, size, weight, and complexity from a previous, similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measure for a future project?

Options:

A.

Bottom-up estimating


B.

Analogous estimating


C.

Parametric estimating


D.

Three-point estimates


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Questions # 45:

In which of the following team development stages does the team begin to work together, develop trust, and adjust to the work habits and behavior?

Options:

A.

Norming


B.

Forming


C.

Storming


D.

Performing


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