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It addresses responsibility, honesty, respect, and fairness.

It contains core values that project management practitioners are highly advised to uphold.

Values identified in the code stem from practitioners from the global project management community.

Adhering to the code is mandatory for PMI members.

1352.

A project manager has been reassigned to another project after her previous project evolved to ongoing operations. What type of project ending did she experience?

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Addition

Extinction

Starvation

Integration

1353.

You’ve recently begun to suspect your friend, a fellow PMP credential holder, might be accepting gifts from hardware vendors who are bidding on an upcoming multimillion-dollar project that she’s going to manage. She has a new LED flat-screen computer monitor at her desk, she showed off her new electronic tablet at a meeting two days ago, and today she unpacked a new ultra-thin laptop while you were in her office. Which of the following should you do?

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You tell your friend these gifts probably aren’t appropriate and leave it at that.

You and your friend have a long conversation about the items she’s received, and she decides to return them and not accept any more items from vendors in the future.

You tell your friend you’re concerned about the appearance of impropriety because of all the new things she’s purchased lately, so you ask her directly whether these items were gifts from the vendor or whether she purchased them herself.

You know this is a conflict-of-interest situation, and it violates the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. You report your friend so that an investigation can take place.

1354.

Sue is the head of an enterprise PMO. She has been given a high degree of authority within the company, and project managers report directly to the PMO. What type of PMO does Sue lead?

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Supportive

Controlling

Directive

There isn’t enough information in the question to determine an answer.

1355.

You are working on the creation of a new television series. Your organization has created many winning series in the past. However, no other series on the air is like the series that’s being proposed. The series must be ready to debut during sweeps week in November. Which of the following statements is true?

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This is a project, because the series is unique and it has a definite beginning and ending date.

This is an ongoing operation, because the organization exists to create television series.

This is an ongoing operation, because the series will be on the air for many years. It’s not temporary.

This is not a unique product, because the organization exists to create television series.

1356.

You work in the pharmaceutical industry, and your organization is considering building a new laboratory facility in the Northwest. Market demand is driving new research for diet medications, and the new lab would be dedicated to this product development project. Some stakeholders in your organization are not certain a new lab facility is needed because there is space that can be used in an existing building to host the diet medication research project. You’ve conducted a feasibility study, and the results show two possible ways to meet the space needs. Which of the following is true regarding this situation?

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Project selection methods are used before the Develop Project Charter process to choose among alternative ways of performing a project.

Project selection methods are concerned with the type of things executive managers think about, such as public perception, financial return, customer loyalty, and market share.

Project selection methods are used by executive managers to determine things such as public perception, financial return, customer loyalty, and so on, and are used only to choose among alternative projects.

Project selection methods are an output of an Initiating group process that can be used to choose among alternative ways of doing a project. Project managers are generally involved with selecting among alternative projects.

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Urgency

Stakeholder needs

Business value

Business case

1358.

Robert is a new executive hired to lead the marketing department of a telecommunications company. He sits down with his most senior project manager to review a proposal that was created by one of his directors, pitching a new project. The proposal contains a business summary of market demand that justifies the need for the project, the expected outcomes, return on investment, and a comprehensive cost analysis. The proposal can also be described as:

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Business case

Benefits management plan

Feasibility study

Project charter

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Project-oriented

Functional

Weak matrix

Strong matrix

1360.

Sally and Joe are two project managers working in the corporate offices of a popular fast-food franchise. They are both studying for their PMP certification, and as usual, they debate the latest topic on the agenda. Joe insists that when a project ends because of a lack of resources, this is referred to as starvation, whereas Sally insists that it is referred to as integration. Who is correct?

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