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A pharmaceutical project, human trials are to start soon. The CEO is thrilled about the success of the trials up to this point. She announces that the size of the patient pool for the trials should double from the one originally planned and results tracked in the new system launching this week. What should the project manager do first?

You are assigned to a software development project, and you are conducting a product review with an important client. Although the deliverables were previously verified, the client detects a defect and rejects one of the deliverables. What should you do?

Submit a change request to fix the deliverable

Refund the customer for the value of the deliverable

Ask the project team to repair the defect

Begin the claims administration process

The project manager is trying to get sign off for a series of marketing materials. The work is rejected by the stakeholders responsible for sign off because of incorrect use of marketing standards. What should the project manager do before sending materials to the stakeholders again?

Perform quality control checks before validating the scope

Validate the scope before performing quality control

Com up with a work breakdown structure before validating the scope

Validate scope before communicating the project status

A new project manager is brought on the project. She wants to understand the process by which this particular project formally accepts deliverables. Which of the following will she have to reference?

The scope management plan

The requirements management plan

The stakeholder management plan

The quality management plan

A project manager is meeting with Sally, the program manager, to review the decomposed deliverables for a new product. Sally reviews the work breakdown structure and requests it to be arranged in the order the work should be performed. Is Sally correct saying that the work breakdown structure should be ordered according to how the work will be performed?

Sally is wrong. Work is decomposed and sequenced in the Define Activities process.

Sally is correct. Since she has superiority, the WBS should be ordered the way she wants it to be done.

Sally is wrong. The chronological order of tasks is defined in the Sequence Activities process.

Sally is correct. When decomposing the work, the order of tasks must be considered.

What should project managers consider when tailoring planning activities associated with resource management?

Life-cycle approach used

Diversity of team members

Physical location of team members

Team member biases

Cindy is practicing servant leadership. As the project manager, she gathers her team together to prepare them for the upcoming project. In explaining the benefits of business value, what points is she likely to stress?

Prioritization

Accountability

Improved quality

Predictability

A project manager is responsible for a project that consists of Agile team members dispersed across four time zones. The team has experienced communication issues as a result. What can the project manager do to alleviate the communication challenges?

Develop a fishbowl window

Set up remote pairing

Assign work based on location

Collocate the team

When should Agile teams hold retrospectives?

At the start of the project

When the team feels stuck

When a major milestone is reached

At the conclusion of an iteration or increment

You are the project manager for a project that will produce a mobile phone application that sends alerts when UV rays are at dangerous levels, alerting users to stay indoors. Your team has recently adopted Agile, and you have modeled your approach on that of a servant leader. Which of the following characteristics are you likely to follow?

Listening

Coaching

Controlling

Promoting self-awareness

The Agile Manifesto is made up of four values and twelve principles. Which of the following is an example of an Agile value?

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Following a plan over rework and change

Susan is the director of engineering for a software consulting company. She needs to hire seven people for a project that will be starting over the next month and has just filled out the roles and responsibilities of the positions and provided them to the human resources department. Which of the following is considered in the development of roles and responsibilities?

Technical

Political

Interpersonal

Background

Which of the following is considered a cost of quality?

Quality staff

Time spent on quality activities

Rework

Quality tools

Which of the following terms are other names for inspections?

Reviews

Assessment

Walk-through

Audits