Have a look at 10 confusing Questions

Submitted by Reeta on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 03:55

Pls have a look at the following questions, I found it difficult to answer the questions,

 

 1.A project manager likes to involve his team on all of the decision making processes. Whenever there are issues which require an urgent decision, he calls the team to work out a solution together. This approach of project manager is? Correct, because it helps to get team buy- in and as well as their commitment to the change 

Correct, as brainstorming technique helps to bring out creative ideas to solve the problem 
Incorrect, a lot of time and effort will be expended by the project team on decisions which 
could be singularly made by the project manager 
Incorrect , as not all the solutions coming of brainstorming session cannot be 
implemented resulting in disappointment in the team 




2. A senior stakeholder approaches the project manager to slightly modify the project 
scope to include an additional feature required by him. The project is already in the 
execution stage. What should be the response of the project manager? 

It is difficult to incorporate this feature as the project is already moved out of planning 
stage Analyze the impact of the request on the other factors of triple constraints namely cost 
and schedule 
Bring the change request to Change Control Board to decide on its fate 
Document the change request as per the project scope management plan 



3. You are managing an accounting project when a new CFO is hired at your company. 
He’ll be affected by all of the accounting projects in your company. What’s the BEST thing 
for you to do? 

Show him the Project Charter so that he knows that you are in charge of the project  
Work with him to understand the current requirements and determine if he has new ones 
to add to the project  
Keep working on the project and get his feedback when he can review the finished 
product  
Add him to the communications plan



4. Recently, your organization has received resumes for the idle post of Technical Lead. 
The HR department has shortlisted certain resumes and handed them to you to interview. 
While reviewing the resume of one candidate, you see a discrepancy in the number of 
years she attended college. You should? Report this discrepancy to Human Resources 
Refuse to consider her for this project 

Ask her to clarify the information 
Let it remain as it is after all she has already been working for long time, so it doesn't 
matter now



5.A customer in the later part of project execution wants to add scope to the project . 
The project manager discusses this change with the customer and raises a written 
change request. He then evaluates if this change can be addressed through project 
reserves and explores alternatives. The project manager finds that this addition would 
result in missing the next milestone delivery. What should the project manager do NEXT?
 
Evaluate the impact of the change on other factors of triple constraint - cost and time 
Perform Integrated Change Control 
Get an approval from the Change Control Board 
Update the project baseline and inform the customer 

6.What form of organization is used in large, modern corporations? 

Matrix 
Composite 
Functional 
Projectized 



7.You are managing a project with a one year duration. During the middle of the 
project, it is found that the quality of the project is not as planned or expected. Who is 
responsible for this situation? 

Project champion 
Project team 
Stakeholders 
Customers 


8.During procurement closure, a procurement audit includes all of the following 
EXCEPT: 

Reviewing the contract terms to ensure that they have all been met 
Identifying successes and failures that should be recognized 
Documenting lessons learned 
Using the payment system to process consideration as per the terms of the contract 



9.During an emergency project review meeting, the project manager learns about the 
current funding problems from the sponsor of the project. Which of the following would be 
the best recourse for the project manager under these circumstances? 

Inform the senior management of the impending risks 
Submit a change request to reduce the scope of work and initiate closure 
Submit change request to extend the schedule and to allow for improvement in funds' 
situation of the sponsor 
Continue with work, as planned 



10.As a project manager for the FLR project, recently you added a new member to your 
project team. This new team member was hired from a competitor and he has offered to 
share confidential information about projects from his previous company. This information 
will obviously be of great importance to you and for your organization's future business. 
You should: Accept the information and agree to keep it confidential between you and the new hire 
Review the condition of employment with the new hire and advise her to reconsider her 
offer of sharing information 

Review the information and only accept the information that may have a direct impact on 
the project's financial status 
Ignore the offer to share and move forward with the project 
 
Pls explain with answers
 
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sunitaPMP

Sun, 02/24/2013 - 04:34

1 -C 2-D 3-D 4-A  5 -C 6-A- 7-B 8-D 9-A 10-D

Please let me know the correct answers

sunitaPMP

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 17:27

Hi Reeta,

Pls send these correct ans to me.sunita1177@gmail.com

sspawar

Sun, 02/24/2013 - 09:12

1C

CD

3D

4C let her give a chance for her clarification, if find something acceptable then its okay.

5B it might be rejected by ccb

6B A large organization will be composite type -- p32

7A p191

8D

9C PM should be problem solver. 

10D

Reeta

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 04:15

 I want to use the delphi technique to see the similarity of your openions.

Pls mention the email addresses of all the participants I'll be sending the questions by using BCC.

 

regds

 

narinder

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 12:53

 the answers are as:

  1. c
  2. d
  3. d
  4. c
  5. c
  6. b
  7. a
  8. d
  9. a (PM Can not wait for the situation to improve on its own)
  10. d

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mbhatt

Mon, 02/25/2013 - 15:07

1-C - A PM should not involve team for ALL of the decision making process.
2-B  I'll stick to Analyse the impact first then document.  No 100% sure though!
3-C  I would first work work with him to identify his needs as he's a new stakeholder then add him to communication plan. 
4-C  Before taking any hard step, i would lik eto clarify first.
5-B  Since impact analysis is already done per question, i will perform integrated change control
6-A  (Not too sure on this one!)
7-B  (Project team makes sense)
8-D  (Payment system is odd man out here, not a part of closing)
9-A  (Informing abouts the risks seems reasonable as a first choice followed by others)
10-B  (Other 3 are violation of pmi's ethics)

I am not a PMP yet, so my answers/justifications may not be all correct.  Would appreciate knowing correct answers.

Thanks!

 

amber

Tue, 02/26/2013 - 07:42

1b
2b
3c
4b
5d
6a
7b
8d
9a
10d


 


Regards


Amber

mbhatt

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 13:14

We never got to know what were the correct answers..

Veershilpa

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 21:52

 Answer 1 st should be  B definitely as project manger should keep his team focus on the project  and make his own final decision

sunitaPMP

Sun, 03/03/2013 - 17:12

I second you mbhatt.