14. A project manager is working on an enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiative that contains stakeholders spanning numerous business lines. The project manager begins to identify, evaluate, and categorize the stakeholder relationships to the program. What is the purpose of this process?

A. Identify all stakeholders who can positively affect the project

B. Identify all stakeholders who can negatively affect the project.

C. Incorporate the needs of all stakeholders into the communications management plan

D. Incorporate only primary stakeholders into the communications management plan

15. A project manager is asked to develop maintenance planning software for a power plant. A similar project was executed by another department in the organization that was later closed due to low performance. The project manager is concerned about the project's performance and wants to take action in advance to ensure the project succeeds. What should the project manager do?

A. Continue executing the project as planned and add more resources if they are required.

B. Evaluate the project risk and add external experts to address the potential risks.

C. Review the lessons learned on similar projects so that they do not fall back into the same pattern.

D. Inform the project sponsor about the risk and try to convince them to withdraw from the project.

16. A project manager is working for an organization in country A and has been tasked with opening the first brick-and-mortar store in country B. The sponsor has identified the city for the store and wants to minimize any potential issues with the local government. Which action should the project manager take to address the sponsor's request?

A. Work with the organization's legal department to identify local regulations to ensure project compliance

B. Work with the organization's project management office (PMO) to build a project team of residents located in the city

C. Work with the organization's real estate department and reach out to the local government to identify the best location for the store

D. Work with the local government to build the profiles of employees that will be working in the store

17. A project manager has team members around the world in many different time zones. Project work frequently stalls because people in one office need to wait until another office is awake to have questions answered. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

A. Ensured that the project would be the highest priority for all team members

B. Planned and scheduled tasks and work packages to overcome geographical and time zone challenges

C. Learned more about how each team member prefers to communicate before assigning project work

D. Used communication tools, such as video conferencing, so different offices could communicate

18. A project is in the execution phase. The client was actively involved in the early stages but has been less engaged lately. A number of changes to the requirements have recently been requested. What should the project manager do next?

A. Discuss the changes with the client and jointly make the decision on how to proceed.

B. Reject the changes and stay the original course as initially agreed with the client.

C. Review the risk register to see if mitigations have already been outlined for this scenario.

D. Review the changes and make the decision based on the project team's recommendations