You are working with your team through the Create WBS process at an offsite function with a professional facilitator. Over lunch, one of your team members approaches you and tells you that he has been approved to take the PMP® exam. He asks you if you can recall and write down some of the questions from your exam, so he can prepare. What should you do?

You are a project manager for a consulting firm and have been hired to facilitate a session to generate the project's activity network diagram. During the session, one of the team members asks if you would share with him some of the questions that are on the PMP® exam. What should you do?

You are the project manager for a construction project. One of your suppliers has developed a new technology and added it to your project in order to meet your project's special needs. A peer, who is also a friend of yours from another company, understands the special need, since his project has a similar situation. His job may be in jeopardy if he and his team cannot resolve the problem. You thoroughly understand the new technology. Should you tell your friend about it?

As a way to bring a project back on track, one of your team members suggests using new technology that was developed by one of his other projects. What should you do?

You are the project manager for a billion dollar project that is being conducted globally. Your boss asks you to hire only women with a background in finance, as he believes that this will ensure the most efficient workers on the project. What should you do?

During a one-day training course you notice in the morning session that one of your colleagues is frequently out of the room talking on his cell phone to his project team at the project site. You are taking the course for PDU credits. You should:

You are managing a project that has a clearly defined deliverable and a constrained budget. Your team does not have the skills needed to produce this item. There are several local firms that have people with these skills. What type of contract should you request?

Your team has decided to outsource web development to reduce cost. However, they strongly feel that they do not want to work with an offshore firm, citing fears of communication problems. What should you do?

You have a contract to provide project management services for one year and will be paid $95/hour for your work. The contract has a 30-day notice and cancellation clause that allows either you or your client to terminate the contract. The client really appreciates your efforts and is depending on you to lead the project all the way to completion. A large corporation is starting a very high profile project and is asking you to lead their team. This is very attractive to you. In addition, they have offered you a time and materials contract at $185/hour. You should:

Your team is working on a project to produce the next generation of cell phones. The marketing department contacts you to begin the advertising campaign. You know the technical risks are very high for this product. You should:

During negotiations, your contract administrator tells a salesperson that they are stupid because they come from a rural part of the world. You should first:

You are managing one of five subprojects for a large, multimillion dollar program. You have heard that one of the other subproject managers (who uses PMP® on his business card) is not a PMP. You should:

A member of your PMI® chapter asks you for a copy of the risk register template application your company developed. You should:

You are the project manager for a project that is co-developing a product with another company. You know that if you add a feature to the product of your project, the stock price of your client has a very high probability of rising. With this information, you suggest to your team to consider adding the feature. In addition, you are thinking about purchasing some of the stock. Should you buy the stock?

Your projects are the most successful in your company partly because you manage risk better. Which of the following actions supports PMI's ideals?

You are managing a large multinational project. Most of the team members live in a country that observes siesta in the early afternoon. That time of day equates to early morning for your time zone. When do you plan status conference calls?

Sandra's Project team is building a new warehouse facility. The project is challenged by significant risk of delivery problems, because it is located in a remote area. The team calculated the expected monetary value (EMV) of delivery problems for each component to derive a reserve request. Management denied the reserve request because they thought it would send the wrong message to suppliers. The sponsor told Sandra he would approve any delivery overcharge. What should she do?

Your company has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for a project, and your husband's company has responded to the bid. You should:

During the closing of a project you are reviewing your proposal for the project and notice that it states you would develop at least 65 test scripts during the project. You realize that you only developed 58 test scripts, but seem to have adequately tested the system. You check the contract that was established after the proposal, but it doesn't specify the number of test scripts. The contract states that it supersedes previous documents. What should you do?

You are managing a small, local project with only a few team members on the team. Who is responsible to ensure that all deliverables are met on time within the budget?