PMP Questions ID 1868 you are the project manager of a project executing work under a contract signed with a buyer orga

You are the project manager of a project executing work under a contract signed with a buyer organization. Just after the project has started, you notice that the buyer organization had made a mistake in the financial terms, and your organization stands to benefit considerably from this oversight. What should your stance be?

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Informally check with your counterpart in the buyer organization to see whether he or she noticed this error.

Do not take any action since a contract is a binding and legal document.

Bring the error to the notice of the buyer organization and have an amendment made to the contract since this was in good faith.

Discuss with your management how you could gain a bonus due to the increased revenue your company stands to gain.

PMP Question No 1864 - All Domains

You have just taken over a project from another project manager about six months into a 12-month project. As you get to know the staff on the project, you become aware that five staff members are relatives of the previous project manager. What do you do?

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Notify your project stakeholders there is a possibility that nepotism was behind some of the staffing decisions made on your project

Check recruitment records of all employees

Report the HR manager to PMI

Interview these five employees

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PMP Question No 1858 - All Domains

A first-time project manager created a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) where the deliverables had different levels of decomposition. What would your comment on this be?

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This is incorrect. All deliverables need to have the same level of decomposition.

This is incorrect. Only deliverables under different branches can have different levels of decomposition.

This is fine. Different deliverables can have different levels of decomposition, depending on the work involved.

This is fine. The focus of the WBS is not the deliverables but the tasks involved.

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PMP Question No 1857 - All Domains

You are working in a matrix project environment where functional managers have control over the resources. You are well aware that not acquiring the project team soon enough for your project could result in changes to the schedule, cost, and quality. To acquire the project team from functional managers, the best technique for you to use is:

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Pre-assignment

Virtual teams

Negotiations

Acquisition

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PMP Question No 1852 - All Domains

Which of the following techniques focuses on identifying non-value-added activities in a project?

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Affinity diagrams

Pareto charting

Process analysis

Root cause analysis

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