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1. Which of the following is NOT a Project Constraint?

QualityA. ScaleB. TimeC. CostD.

2. A project manager is running a data center installation project. He finds that his stakeholder is angry because he’s run over his budget because the staff turned out to be more expensive than planned. The stakeholder’s unhappy that when the project is over, the servers won’t have as much drive space as he needs. Which of the following constraints was not affected by this problem?

Quality A. ResourceB. Time C.

D. Cost

3. Which of the following is NOT an example of operational work?

Building a purchase order system for accounts payableA. Submitting weekly purchase orders through a purchase order systemB. Deploying weekly anti-virus software updatesC. Yearly staff performance evaluationsD.

4. You’re managing a project to build a new accounting system. One of the accountants in another department really likes the current system and is refusing to be trained on the new one. What is the BEST way to handle this situation?

Refuse to work with him because he’s being difficultA. Appeal to the accountant’s manager and ask to have him required to take trainingB. Get a special dispensation so that the accountant doesn’t have to go to the trainingC. Work with him to understand his concerns and do what you can to help alleviate them without D. compromising your project

5. Which of the following is used for identifying people who are impacted by the project?

Resource ListA. Stakeholder RegisterB. Enterprise Environmental FactorsC. Project PlanD.

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6. Your manager asks you where to find a list of projects that should be managed together. What is the BEST place to find this information?

Project Plan A. Project CharterB. Portfolio CharterC. Program CharterD.

7. You want to know specifically which business goal a group of projects and programs are going to accomplish. Which is the best place to look for this information?

Project Plan A. Project CharterB. Portfolio CharterC. Program CharterD.

8. A project coordinator is having trouble securing programmers for her project. Every time she asks her boss to give a resource to the project he says that they are too busy to help out with her project. Which type of organization is she working in?

Functional A. Weak MatrixB. Strong MatrixC. ProjectizedD.

9. A project manager is having trouble securing programmers for her project. Every time she asks the programming manager for resources for her project, he says they’re all assigned to other work. So she is constantly having to go over his head to overrule him. Which type of organization is she working for?

Functional A. Weak MatrixB. Strong MatrixC. ProjectizedD.

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1. Answer: B

Scale is not a project constraint. The constraints are Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Resource, and Risk.

2. Answer: C

There is no mention of the project being late or missing its deadlines in the example. The project was over budget, which affects the project’s cost. The project won’t meet the stakeholder’s requirements, which is a quality problem. And the staff was more expensive than planned, which is a resource problem.

3. Answer: A

Building a purchase order system for accounts payable is a project. It’s a temporary effort that has a unique result.

4.Answer: D

When a stakeholder is negatively impacted by your project, you need to manage his expectations and help him to buy into your project.

5. Answer: B

The stakeholder register is where you identify all of the people who are impacted by your project.

6. Answer: D

A program is a group of projects that should be managed together because of interdependencies. A program charter fits the description in this question.

7. Answer: C

A portfolio charter will give the business goal that a group of projects and programs will accomplish as part of a portfolio.


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8. Answer: A

Since the project manager has to ask permission from the functional manager and can’t overrule him, she’s working in a functional organization.

9. Answer: C

The Project Manager in this scenario can overrule the functional manager, so she’s working in a Strong Matrix organization. If it were a projectized organization, she wouldn’t have to get permission from the functional manager at all because she’d be the person with authority to assign resources to projects.

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