Which of the following is NOT an input to Perform Quality Control?
deliverables
work performance measurements
quality checklist
validated changes
You are currently performing the Conduct Procurements process. You are considering two bids from companies on your qualified sellers list. Your project is on a tight budget, and you have been instructed by senior management to consider the cost over any other criteria. You used the company that submitted the lower bid on a previous project, and you were not happy with their work. The company that submitted the higher bid has a reputation for treating their clients well, flying project managers first class and giving them accommodations in five-star hotels. What is the BEST way to handle this situation?
select the company with the lowest bid
give the manager at the company with the higher bid information that will allow him to tailor his bid so that it better meets your needs
rewrite the RFP so that the so the company with the lowest bid is excluded
select the company with the higher bid
Which is the BEST definition of quality?
a product made of very expensive materials
a product made with a lot of care from the people who built it
a product that satisfies the requirements of the people paying for it
a product that passes all of its tests
Which of the following shows roles and responsibilities on your project?
bar chart
resource histogram chart
RACI matrix
Human Resource Management Plan
Brandi is a project manager on a software project. About halfway through development, her team found that they had not estimated enough time for some of the technical work they needed to do. She requested that the new work be added to the scope statement and that the time to do the work be added to the schedule. The change control board approved her change. What’s her next step?
Update the scope and schedule baselines to reflect the approved change
Start doing the work
Gather performance metrics on the team’s work so far
Perform Quality Assurance
Tom is the project manager of an accounting project. He has just finished defining the scope for the project and is creating the WBS. He goes to his organizational process asset library and finds a WBS from a past project to use as a jumping off point. Which of the following describes the asset that Tom is using?
Decomposition
Delphi Technique
Brainstorming
Templates
Which of the following is NOT true of obtaining project plan approval?
Until you obtain plan approval, you don’t need to put changes to it through change control.
Change control makes sure that only approved changes can make it into the approved plan.
Only one person needs to approve the Project Management Plan and that’s the Project Manager.
It’s important for the entire team to buy into the Project Management Plan for it to be successful.
A team member approaches you with a change that could cut your schedule down by a month. What is the first thing you should do?
Write up a change request and see if you can get it approved.
Make the change. It’s going to save time and nobody will want the project to take longer than it should.
Figure out the impact on the scope of the work and the cost before you write up the change request.
Tell the team member that you’ve already communicated the deadline for the project, so you can’t make any changes now.
A project manager is faced with two team members who have conflicting opinions. One team member explains her side of the conflict, and presents a possible solution. But before the other team member starts to explain his side of things, the project manager says, “I’ve heard enough, and I’ve decided to go with the solution I’ve heard.” This is an example of:
Withdrawal
Compromise
Smoothing
Forcing
Which of the following BEST describes the main purpose of the project charter?
It authorizes the project manager to work on the project
It identifies the sponsor and describes his or her role on the project
It contains a list of all activities to be performed
It describes the initial scope of the work
