During a new project planning process to sequence activities, the project manager, Nate, decides to use the precedence diagramming method to show the identified activity dependencies. Which of the following logical relationships is Nate's least favorite choice? Select one:

a.Finish-to-start

b.Start-to-finish

c.Finish-to-finish

d.Start-to-start

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What is the first step in project planning? Select one:

a.Establish the objectives and scope.

b.Determine the budget.

c.Select the team organizational model.

d.Determine project constraints.

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Fill in the blanks. It is during the ______________ phase that the decision should be made regarding whether the project should continue. During this phase, ____________ must be considered and weighed against the potential benefit of the project's success. Select one:

a.completion, cost

b.closeout, resources

c.execution, performance

d.. initiation, risk

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The process of Control Procurements falls under which process group

a.Planning

b.Closing

c.Monitoring and Control

d.Executing

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Which of the following establishes key dates throughout the life of a project that must be met for the project to finish on time? Select one:

a.Critical path

b.Ballpark estimate

c.Pert diagram

d.Milestone schedule

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The conceptual estimate is developed with the least amount of knowledge. When more information is known, the project team can develop a: Select one:

a.work breakdown structure

b.critical estimate

c.rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate

d.scope of work

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Alice is a Project Manager. She is coordinating a bidder conference to allow vendors to get clarification on the work that needs to be performed. Which phase of Project Management is in progress.

a.Conduct Procurements

b.Plan Procurements

c.Control Procurements

d.Close Procurements

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Assembling project team and assigning their responsibilities are done during which phase of a project management?

a.Initiation

b.Planning

c.Execution

d.Closure

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Sam Consultancy is planning to buy ten desktops for $1500 each from a leading computer store. Which type of contract will get signed in this case?

a.Purchase Order

b.Cost plus Fee

c.Fixed cost

d.Time and Material

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After the celebration of the successful milestone completion, a project manager will often do which of the following? Select one:

a.Continue to increase the intensity of the project to achieve the next milestone.

b.Continue to follow the exact same project plan that helped the team achieve the milestone.

c.Allow the team to reflect on finding new ways of approaching the project work.

d.Select an upcoming key event and designate it as the next milestone.

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As a project manager, Neel has a team member, Kate, who has not been performing well. Due to many repeated mistakes, she has significantly delayed the whole project progress. Neel tried to offer relevant trainings for Kate to improve her performance, and he was not able to see any progress in two months. However, Kate is a single mom with three kids, and she needs this job to support her family. Based on what you know about conflict management, in this situation, how should Neel proceed? Select one:

a.Neel should fire Kate and look for a more qualified team member.

b.Neel should help Kate find another job in the firm.

c.Neel should assign Kate more challenging tasks.

d.Neel should let Kate stay on the job and pick up her slack.

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Jack is in charge of a project team. Due to an unexpected project change, some issues with the project have come up. Two key team members, Samantha and Felix, are arguing their solutions to the project problems. They cannot convince each other, and their conflict is creating a negative impact on the project's progress. As a PMP, which of the following would be the best advice for Jack to manage this conflict? Select one:

a.Confront the problem early, and invite both Samantha and Felix to private meetings.

b.Force Felix to give up and to support Samantha.

c.Suggest that Samantha concede to Felix.

d.Let Felix and Samantha exercise their concerns through conflict resolution.

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Ahmed is actively initiating a project, so he plans to invite all relevant internal and external stakeholders including sponsors, customers, project teams, etc. for a kick-off meeting. To ensure all of them are covered in the stakeholder register, which document is the most helpful for Ahmed to look at? Select one:

a.Project team activities

b.Scope statement

c.Project charter

d.Work packages

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Complete the following statement. In a weak matrix environment, the project manager, Eric, has to constantly make an effort to influence his project team and stakeholders to ensure project success. This is because: Select one:

a.Eric has a lot of authority.

b.Eric has no or little authority.

c.Eric is controlled by his functional managers.

d.there are no functional managers.

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Which from the following statement(s) is/are NOT true? I. Projects have defined objectives II. Programs have a larger scope than projects III. The projects and programs in a portfolio must be directly related

a.I only

b.II only

c.III only

d.II and III only

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Which of the following statements about flowcharts is true? Select one:

a.Most flowcharts use one width of column to represent a category, while the vertical axis represents the frequency of occurrence.

b.If a particular method is a standard of quality, you can compare your organization's quality plan to it by flowcharting.

c.A flowchart shows the ratio of cost of increasing quality to the resulting benefit.

d.. Flowcharting is useful for communicating responsibility for work processes.

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Which from the following represents the correct project cycle?

a.PlanningInitiatingExecutingClosing

b.PlanningExecutingInitiatingClosing

c.InitiatingPlanningExecutingClosing

d.InitiatingExecutingPlanningClosing