Pretest Mentoring eNetwoQ Session 2

1. You are project manager for project that is in its early stages. During the meeting, your boss informs you that senior management would like you to include a particular staff member on your project team because of their necessary expertise. You have not recruited any others team members, and the project has not even been formally authorized yet How should you handle senior management's request?

• A. Write a work performance report to generate awareness of the lead architect's departure
• B. Update the project organizational chart to reflect the team change
• C. Review the change management plan and submit a change request
• D. Use float on the critical path to prevent schedule slippage due to this new risk

2. You and the project management team have been vigilant about observing different aspects of the project to ensure the project is progressing as planned. Currently, you are using performance data generated during project execution to determine if the status of overall project risk has changed, if the project assumptions are still valid, if contingency reserves for cost or schedule require modification, and if project strategy remains valid. What process are you performing?

• A. Plan Risk Responses
• B. Monitor Risks
• C. Plan Risk Management
• D. Identify Risks

3. While the first phase of a construction project was a success, one of the two lead architects suddenly had to resign from her position due to a conflict of interest within the company. What should the project manager do immediately to manage the team composition?

• A. Write a work performance report to generate awareness of the lead architect's departure
• B. Update the project organizational chart to reflect the team change
• C. Review the change management plan and submit a change request
• D. Use float on the critical path to prevent schedule slippage due to this new risk

4. Late in a project, a key team member leaves the company. The project manager realizes that he does not have enough team members to meet the hard deadline. At a weekly status meeting, the project manager discusses several options with his project team, including authorizing additional overtime, hiring subcontractors, or bringing in additional resources from another project team within the company. Which resource management technique does the project manager use?

• A. Cost-benefit analysis
• B. Alternatives analysis
• C. Problem solving
• D. Interpersonal skills

5. You review the WBS of your project and realize that due to the lack of in-house expertise, some of the deliverables will need to be outsourced to a vendor. However, the requirements for these deliverables are not well-understood at the moment. Therefore, you decide that the outsourced portion of work will need to be managed using an agile framework. What is your best approach in negotiating an agreement with the vendor?

• A. Seek an informal agreement rather than a formal contract
• B. Secure a fixed-price contract for the outsourced scope
• C. Negotiate aggressively for the most advantageous terms
• D. Pursue a shared-risk-reward contract relationships

6. A new app is planned to be completed in 12 iterations. After the sixth iteration, a beta version of the app is released to the market to get early feedback. The project leader wants to engage with the customers to measure overall satisfaction with the product and gauge the customer's loyalty to the brand. What is the project leader’s best course of action?

• A. Determine the net promoter score (NPS%)
• B. Develop a prioritization schema
• C. Apply the Wideband Delphi technique
• D. Utilize impact mapping

7. A vendor has been contracted by a buyer to develop a new device. The vendor insisted that the contract thoroughly capture the device specifications. The buyer does not have clear requirements upfront and, therefore, requested that the vendor develop the device using agile. The vendor delivers as per the contract, but the buyer is not satisfied with the outcome. Which Agile Manifesto's value was most likely not appropriately applied?

• A. Business people and developers must work together
• B. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• C. Pair programming over continuous integration
• D. Customer collaboration over contract negotiations

8. You are in the initiation stage of a project that aims to deploy and then maintain the robotics for an automated production line for a returning client. In the project charter, you need to include the agreed mean time to recover (MTTR) in the event of a breakdown. What should you do to find this information?

• A. Do nothing since agreements are not yet available during project initiation
• B. Refer to the procurement management plan
• C. Review any emails or other correspondence with the client
• D. Check the service level agreement with the client

9. During the development of the stakeholder engagement plan, the project manager realizes that a key stakeholder is resistant to the project. Without the support of this stakeholder, the project may fail. What is the best course of action for the project manager to identify the reason for the stakeholder being resistant?

• A. Escalate to the project sponsor
• B. Update the stakeholder register
• C. Use the mind mapping technique
• D. Utilize an Ishikawa diagram

10. You are leading a construction project that involves a vendor. A team member tells you that based on the rough assessment of the vendor's current work in progress, she suspects that the vendor will be unable to complete their work on time. You share your concerns with the vendor, but they claim that they are progressing as planned. What is your best course of action to ensure a mutual understanding of the work in progress?

• A. Conduct a walkthrough
• B. Perform an earned value analysis (EVA)
• C. Conduct an audit
• D. Resort to alternative dispute resolution (ADR)