Project Management IT-6212 exam answers

Which is not included in the group?

focus on technology Correct
Focus on market positioning
Focus on you and your team
Focus on your idea

Which is not included?

Integrity
Sets a clear vision
report project status Correct
Competence

Which of the following are all characteristics of a project?

Defined start and flexible end date, interrelated tasks, defined by the line manager Correct
Based on a business need, support operations, are repetitive tasks, has been done before
Unique, based on a business need, support operations, are repetitive tasks
Unique, finite, set of interrelated tasks, objectives have strategic alignment

Which of the following is an aspect of the Project Lifecycle?

The idea, study or trigger to the project Correct
Value to the business being assessed and product innovation considered
Requirements collation and producing the design specification
Transition into use and getting full operational productivity

Which of the following is NOT a quality metric?

Checklists Correct
Defect density
Failure rate
Reliability

Which of the following is not a source of projects?

Customer request, technological advancement, legal requirement
Market demand, business need, strategic opportunity
New supplies, replacing an existing supplier, recruiting a new team member
Legal requirement, market demand, business need Correct

Which of the following is not a suggestion for improving user input?

Develop a good project selection process for IT projects
Co-locate users with developers
Only have meetings as needed, not on a regular basis Correct
Have users on the project team

Which of the following is one of the qualities of a project manager?

Competence
Integrity
All of the given Correct
Empathy

Which of the following is/are role(s) of project manager?

All of the given Correct
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management

Which of the following statements are true regarding Plan Quality Management and Perform Quality Assurance processes?

Quality assurance is the totality of characteristic of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs Quality assurance involves evaluating overall project performance to ensure that the project will satisfy quality standards
Quality planning is the totality of characteristic of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs Quality assurance involves evaluating overall project performance to ensure that the project will satisfy quality standards
The quality planning process uses the tool such as benefit costs analysis, benchmarking, flow charting, and design of experiment and cost of quality Quality assurance involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project Correct
Quality planning involves evaluating overall project performance to ensure that the project will satisfy quality standards Quality assurance involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project

Which of the following statements are true regarding project team management?

Activity definition involves identifying and documenting dependencies among schedule activities
Schedule development involves estimating the number of work periods that will be needed to complete individual schedule activities
Activity resource estimating involves estimating the type and quantities of resources required to perform each schedule activity Correct
Activity sequencing involves identifying the specific schedule activities that need to be performed to produce project deliverables

Which of the following techniques does the PM use to resolve conflicts most often?

Compromise/reconcile
Smooth/accommodate
Collaborate/problem solve
Withdraw/avoid Correct

Which one in the controlling scope best practices is not included?

Involve users in project scope management Correct
Keep the scope realistic
use off-the shelf hardware and software
locate users with the developers

Which one is not included in a marketing strategy

Competition
Brand Marketing Correct
Marking Cost
Market Research

Which process are you in when you will check that the results of the project work have been measured or tested to determine that conform to the required quality standards and criteria?

Control Scope
Plan Quality Management
Control Quality Correct
Perform Quality Assurance

Which process is included in Project Integration Management

Manage and Control work
Develop Scope
Review Scope Verification
Develop Project Management Plan Correct

Which statement is NOT true regarding project team working?

The management project team process involves tracking project team member performance, providing feedback, and coordinating changes to improve project performance
When managing the project team, the staffing management plan is updated, changes requests are submitted and issues are resolved
The evaluation of a team's effectiveness can include indicators such as reduce staff turnover rate
Management of the project team is simplified when team members are accountable to both a functional manager and a project manager within a matrix organization Correct

Which statement is not true regarding recognition and reward?

Recognition and rewards should accommodate, and thereby respect, cultural differences
Recognition and rewards should be clearly specified and openly communicated so that everyone has the same understanding and places that achievement in their control
Recognition and rewards is a tool/technique of Manage Project Team process Correct
Rewards which only a select few in the project team can achieve, will undermine team performance through demotivating the rest of the team

Who determines the requirement of a new project

Project manager
Senior management Correct
Stakeholders
Customer

Who owns the responsibility of planning, executing and closing a project?

Program Managers
Project Owner
Director
Project Managers Correct

Why is project management important in business?

Enable to map out a course of action or work plan and Helps to think systematically and thoroughly Correct
Helps to think systematically and thoroughly
For marketing purposes only
Enable to map out a course of action or work plan

Working with all appropriate stakeholders to define, gain written agreement for, and manage all the work required to complete the project successfully

Project collection management
Project range management
Project capacity management
Project scope management Correct

Year when accounting services, payroll, billing and word processing are outsourced

1989
1990
1980 Correct
2004

Year when England started outsourcing textile?

1930 Correct
1934
1935
1937

Year when outsourcing became profitable over the WWW

1994
1992
1990 Correct
1988

You are evaluating several different motivational strategies to motivate your project team You subscribe to the belief that pay and salary may prevent job dissatisfaction, but will not lead to long term job satisfaction You believe that over the long run pay and salary are NOT motivators Which of the following motivational theories are you applying?

Alderfer's theory of relatedness
Hertzberg Hygiene theory
McClelland's Needs Theory Correct
Tuckman's theory of group formation

You are managing a project for the development of Al Fresco, a NAC (network admissions control) appliance that uses network infrastructure to enforce security policy compliance on all connected and potentially connectable devices seeking to access network computing resources, thereby limiting damage from emerging security threats Al Fresco provides self-contained endpoint assessment, device identification, internal matching against security records, policy management, and remediation services Your company had performed a similar project a couple years agoThis is critical project for your company, and you are under tremendous pressure to deliver the project Unfortunately, you are new in the company, and the project seems to be growing in size by the day You are starting to feel overwhelmed by the project What is your BEST course of action?

Contract from an outside vendor to provide the necessary technical expertise
Obtain the historical records and guidance from the PMO
Ask for additional resources from the PMO Correct
Ask the previous project manager for assistance

You are the PM for a high profile, construction project for a new hotel complex in Dubai A budget of $475m was agreed at the outset and staged payments set for $75m at the start, $150 at month 3, $225m in month 4 and $25m in month 7 of an 8 month durationIt is now month 7 and an important stakeholder has just submitted a change request which, when you do an initial evaluation, you realise will mean a required scope increase and resultant budget increase of $92m, further resulting in a delayed completion of 3 months All sellers are in full swing with their production plans and are happy that the project is coming to an end There have been many challenges during the past 4 months and all of the teams have rallied together in overcoming themWhat is the next action you should take?

Conduct a full impact analysis so this risk can be raised with the Change Control Board
Discuss this with the Project Sponsor as the stakeholder concerned as very influential and you feel out of your league on this one
Reject the Change as there is a change freeze in place due to there being less than 4 weeks to the completion deadline Correct
Ask for Risk Audit to find out why this risk was not identified earlier

You have carried out a Request for Proposal exercise and received 12 submissions which are now reviewing Which of the following is a tool/technique that you could use to select the most appropriate seller to award the contract to?

Source selection criteria Correct
Procurement Audit
Inspection
Market research

Your project is coming to an end, and you are in the process of listing the activities that must be performed to close out the project Which of the following should be performed during project closure?

Issue a formal notice of project completion to all sellers Correct
Issue payment schedules and requests
Seek legal advice that all contract terms have been completed
Request final inspection reports for all seller produced and completed products

Your sales and marketing team have been conducting their market research and have identified a potential large customer organisation is planning an implementation of software as a service (SaaS) across their organisation Two days later you receive a request to attend a meeting at which other suppliers will be present What is the name of this meeting?

Information Sharing Conference
Procurement Information Presentation Meeting
A Reverse Auction
A Bidder Conference Correct

Your sales and marketing team have been conducting their market research and have identified a potential large customer organisation is planning an implementation of Software as a Service (SaaS) across their organisation What is the key information document that you would need to be able to make a submission against this need?

Request for Proposal
Procurement Contract Request
Procurement Statement of Work Correct
Request for Information

Your sales and marketing team have been conducting their market research and have identified a potential large customer organisation, ABMO Healthcare, is planning an implementation of software as a service (SaaS) across their organisationWhen planning your next steps you found out that one of your competitors had already organised a meeting with ABMO Healthcare, had presented their proposals, along with a financial inducement to sweeten the process What is your next action?

Raise a formal complaint to the CEO of ABMO Healthcare and ask that you be included in an open Request for Proposals process Correct
Request an insider contact you have in ABMO Healthcare to send you a copy of your competitor's proposal
Raise a formal complaint to the CEO of ABMO Healthcare about this underhanded and unprofessional behaviour by your competitor and make a counter proposal
Raise a Procurement Contract Request to ABMO Healthcare

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