PMI PMP-Project Management Professional Practice Exam Q. 1351 to 1360
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Q. 1351: The key management skills required during the adjourning stage of team development include all but which one of the following?
A. Evaluating
B. Reviewing
C. Celebrating
D. Improving
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
During the adjourning stage of team development, the emphasis is on tasks and relationships that promote closure and celebration. There is recognition and satisfaction as the theme is moving on and separation. Management skills involve evaluating, reviewing, and improving, while leadership qualities are celebrating and bringing closure.
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Q. 1352: What would you derive from the communication planning process?
A. Communication Skills, Scope Statement
B. Communications Management Plan
C. Communications requirement analysis, Communications technology
D. Project’s organizational structure
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Option A is incorrect as communication skills are not considered to be output of planning process, this is a skill used by the project manager.
In option B communication management plan is the output derived from the communication planning process.
Option C is incorrect as the listed processes are tools / techniques used in developing the plan.
Option D is incorrect because organizational structure is used as an input, and is not an output.
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Q. 1353: The key to effective cost control is:
A. Using earned value to forecast project status
B. Focusing on projected expenditures and actively networking with key stakeholders to ensure funds will be available as requested
C. Informing stakeholders of the project’s cost status
D. Managing the approved cost baseline and any changes to it
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The control costs process involves monitoring the project’s status to update the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline. Its benefit is that is provides the means to recognize variance in order to take corrective action and minimize risks. Therefore, effective management of the approved cost baseline and any changes is imperative.
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Q. 1354: The CPI on your project is 0.44, which means that you should:
A. Place emphasis on improving the timeliness of the physical progress
B. Reassess the life-cycle costs of your product, including the length of the life-cycle phase
C. Place emphasis on improving the productivity by which work was being performed
D. Recognize that your original estimates were fundamentally flawed, and your project is in an atypical situation
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
CPI = EV/AC. It measures the efficiency of the physical progress accomplished compared to the baseline. A CPI of 0.44 means that for every dollar spent, you are only receiving 44 cents of progress. Therefore, something is not correct with how you planned your project, or your original estimates were fundamentally flawed, and your project is in an atypical situation. You might want to reconsider a formal “replan” and/or take a new baseline of your project.
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Q. 1355: Project deliverables are the outputs that include the product, service, or result of the project as well as ancillary results. These ancillary results should be in the:
A. Requirements management plan
B. Scope management plan
C. Project scope statement
D. Project acceptance criteria
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The project scope statement describes in detail the deliverables and what work must be done to prepare them. Ancillary results are also considered deliverables and are included in the project scope statement. They include items such as project management reports and documentation. Deliverables in the project scope statement may be described at a summary level or in a detailed way.
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Q. 1356: Which of the following tools and techniques is used in the close project or phase process?
A. Project management methodology
B. Work performance information
C. Expert judgment
D. Project management information system
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
According to the PMBOK Guide, expert judgment is use in close project or phase to ensure closure is performed to appropriate standards.
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Q. 1357: After the project scope statement is complete, it may be necessary to update other project documents. All the following are examples of a document that may require updates EXCEPT:
A. Project charter
B. Stakeholder register
C. Requirements documentation
D. Requirements traceability matrix
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Outputs of the define scope project are the project scope statement and project document updates that include updates to the stakeholder register, requirements documentation, and the requirements traceability matrix.
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Q. 1358: A challenge of earned value management is predicting percent complete. The simplest formula to use to calculate EV is:
A. 0/100 rule
B. 50/50 rule
C. (Percent complete)h budget at completion
D. Milestone method
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Multiplying the percent complete by the budget at completion, or the total budget for the project, is the simplest formula to use. The 50/50 rule, or the more conservative 0/100 rule, can eliminate the necessity for the continuous determination of percent complete. After the percent complete is determined, it can be plotted against time expended.
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Q. 1359: While managing a large project in your organization, you realize that your project team requires training in contract administration because you will be awarding several major subcontracts. After you analyze your project requirements and assess the expertise of your team members, you decide that your team will need a one-week class in contract administration. This training should:
A. Commence as scheduled and stated in the staffing management plan
B. Commence as scheduled and stated as part of the procurement management plan
C. Be scheduled if necessary after performance assessments are prepared and after each team member has had an opportunity to serve in the contract administrator role
D. Commence as scheduled and stated in the team development plan
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Training is a tool and technique for the develop project team process. The requirements and schedule for the develop project team process should be stated in the staffing management plan. Project team members’ skills can be developed as part of the project activities.
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Q. 1360: Assume that on your project, you are using earned value management. Your project is one that has extremely long work packages. Therefore, the method you should use to calculate EV is:
A. 0/100 rule
B. Milestone method
C. Equivalent effort
D. Apportioned effort
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The milestone method is especially helpful for work packages of long duration that have interim milestones or a functional group of activities with a milestone established at specific control points. In the EV system, value is earned when the milestone is completed. In such cases, a budget is assigned to the milestone rather than to the work packages.
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