PMP exam question help (3 questions)
Submitted by pmhelpme on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 14:39
Hi -
I need some help with some exam questions. Basically I dont understand for the following questions the correct answer and why it is correct. Can someone help me please?
Your project team is composed of six experts in marine biology and two administrative assistants. One component of your scientific research project involves the development of a complex, real-time programming system that uses commercial-off-the-shelf products. You are outsourcing this portion of the work. No team members have contract administration experience, and no contracts department staff can be assigned to the project. To ensure that you create a successful relationship with the prospective seller, you must provide two team members with project procurement management training. Direct and indirect training costs should be:
1 – Paid for by your organization
2 – Charged directly to the project budget
3 – Paid for by the procurement department
4 - Considered an input to cost budgeting
Correct Ans=1
I picked 2 as the correct answer. Why is it 1, I dont understand the logic?
Which of the following statements are true regarding the scope definition process?
1 - Scope definition involves identifying specific activities that must be performed to produce the project deliverables.
2 – Scope definition involves formalizing acceptance of the project scope.
3 – Scope definition involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.
4 - Scope definition involves controlling changes to the project scope.
Correct ans=3.
I picked ans=1 but I dont understand how 3 can be the correct answer?
Which of the following would be considered the best option to ensure proper contract closure?
1 - Contract documentation
2- Procurement audits
3 - Scope change control
4 - Formal acceptance
Correct Ans=2
I picked 1 as the correct answer. Why is it 2, I dont understand the logic?
A project manager is planning a project when he discovers that the project has many different phases, and each phase must be done in a sequence. What of the following is the best option for the project manager?
1- Obtain a charter for each phase.
2 – Make sure the WBS has tasks that include extra team meetings.
3- Make sure each team member knows how their tasks interact with other tasks.
4 - Make sure the communication plan addresses interdependencies.
Correct Ans =1
I dont understand why 1 is the correct answer
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aaron
Fri, 05/13/2011 - 14:20
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1) It is the responsibility
1) It is the responsibility of the procurement office (controlled by the organization) to deal with the procurements. If no procurement office member is currently free to be assisnged to your project, the organization should pay for any training required for team members to substitute the role of procurement office. The project does not have to pay because of staff un-unavailability of procurement office.
2) Answer 1 talks about the activities that must be performed in order to achieve the deliverables which is the second step of defining scope. First step is to identify the deliverables and dividing them into manageable components i.e. creating WBS and WBS dictionary which is answer 3. So even though both 1 and 3 are the right anwers, Answer 3 is better suitable than 1.
3) To close a contract, you need to make sure that all the activities have been performed, payments have been made and lessons learned have been documented. This is a part of procurement Audit. Contract document can occur at any stage of the project, not necessarily at the end so is not the best choice.
4) If the project has to be divided in multiple phases, each phase is considered a separate project in itself and should have a charter.