PMI PMP-Project Management Professional Practice Exam Q. 1711 to 1720
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Q. 1711: The Project Manager has weekly scheduled status meetings with the team. The meetings have been unorganized, chaotic, and lacking direction. Which of the following would improve the meetings?
A. Determine who is in charge of the meeting
B. Send the team to communication training
C. Create and publish an agenda, and establish the leader of the meeting
D. Create and publish an agenda
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Q. 1712: The Project Manager has scheduled weekly status meetings with the team. The meetings have been unorganized with multiple people addressing their own needs and taking longer than planned with no discipline. Which of the following would improve the meetings?
A. Create and publish an agenda
B. Create and publish an agenda, and establish the leader of the meeting
C. Send the team to communication training
D. Determine who is in charge of the meeting
Section:Mix Questions
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Q. 1713: A risk register that is part of the project management plan on a project would be viewed as what type of communication?
A. Formal written
B. Formal
C. Verbal
D. Contract
Section: Mix Questions
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Q. 1714: A project’s organizational breakdown structure should not generally include which of the following?
A. Matrix organization
B. Functional organization
C. Projectized organization
D. Board of directors
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The OBS should have the PM at level one. Depending on the project organization this may be matrix or functional organization, but it does not include board since they are higher in the company than the Project Manager.
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Q. 1715: Which of the following contract types has characteristics of both fixed-price and cost-reimbursable arrangements?
A. Lump Sum Contract
B. Fixed price
C. Unit-Price
D. Time and Material
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
‘Time and Material’ contract has a fixed price on a per hour basis and reimbursements of the cost. This has an element of both fixed price (fixed rate per unit of time) and cost reimbursable type of contracts.
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Q. 1716: If the optimistic estimate for a task is 12 days and the pessimistic estimate is 18 days, what is the most likely estimate?
A. 14 days
B. 13 days
C. 16 days
D. Unknown, the most likely estimate is a separate estimate
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
We can’t determine the most likely estimate – you will be given the most likely estimate on the exam.
PERT = (Optimistic + (4x Most Likely) + Pessimistic) / 6
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Q. 1717: Different or conflicting objectives among project stakeholders:
A. Should be encouraged
B. Should be ignored
C. Can make it difficult for project managers to manage stakeholder expectations
D. Generally makes it easy for project managers to manage stakeholder expectations
Section: Executing
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Project managers must manage stakeholder expectations, which can be difficult because stakeholders often have very different or conflicting objectives.
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Q. 1718: One of your team leaders is estimating the number of work periods needed to complete a technical project. The project has several modules that are identical to those of a previous project you have dealt with. What should the team do to expedite the completion of the estimates?
A. Use analogous estimating
B. Use the previous project’s WBS.
C. Use the previous project’s network diagram.
D. Use three-point estimating
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Analogous or “top down” estimating is most appropriate when estimating is needed for a project that is similar to a previous project.
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Q. 1719: Which of the following is true for a WBS?
A. Each descending level represents an increase in detail of work
B. Each ascending level represents an increase in detail of work
C. Level of detail does not change with position of work on the WBS
D. Each descending level represents a decrease in detail of work
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The WBS is organized with increasing detail of work with each descending level in the structure. All other statements do not hold true for WBS.
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Q. 1720: Which process defines the “who, what, how, when, and why” of communications on a project?
A. Report Performance
B. Plan Communications
C. Identify Stakeholders
D. Manage Communications
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The Plan Communications process documents who needs what information, how it will be given to them and by whom, when they will need it, and the purpose of the communication.
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