PMP Questions ID 1482 one of the senior team members who is the best performer in your project plays favorites a few

One of the senior team members, who is the best performer in your project, plays favorites. A few of the other team members who work closely with this team member have gotten exceptionally good appraisal reports in the past, even though they may not have deserved them. As the project manager, what do you need to actively do?

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Ask all the members of your team who are appraisers of other team members to be liberal in their appraisals. This will help compensate for the appraisals the senior team member does.

Ignore the matter since you would otherwise lose a senior team member who is key to your project.

Ensure that the senior team member does not get to appraise anybody.

Speak to the senior team member and ask him or her to do appraisals fairly, in accordance with the appraisal guidelines.

David was required to investigate a business problem and describe the higher-level needs of the business as a whole. David’s final reports describes in detail the features, functions and characteristics of the product that will meet the business and stakeholder requirements. What is wrong with David’s report?

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David was asked to analyze the business requirements, but he focused on the solution requirements.

David was asked to analyze the functional requirements, but he focused on the non-functional requirements.

David was asked to analyze the non-functional requirements, but he focused on the functional requirements.

David was asked to analyze the solution requirements, but he focused on the business requirements.

Project performance measurements assess the magnitude of variation from the original cost baseline. Once the degree of cost variation is known, what step is performed next?

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Perform root cause analysis of the variance’s cause relative to the cost baseline

Audit the project team

Upgrade the configuration management database with new controls.

Replanning

You are managing a project that requires an environmental permit to do work. The approval is in the final stages when a confidential, reliable report is brought to your notice. The report indicates there is a high risk of an environmental hazard due to the project. Your manager tells you it is better to keep quiet at this stage since losses from terminating the project might be very high. You must:

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Inform the necessary authorities of the hazard, even if it means cancelling the project

Send an email to your manager documenting the matter and disowning ownership of the project

Wait for the project to start and see if the information in the report is true

Keep quiet about the matter since you will follow your manager's instructions

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