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1491.

A junior project manager works with the procurement manager to review vendor proposals. The procurement manager decides to select a vendor who did not have the highest weighted score against the criteria that were predetermined. The project manager learns that the vendor is the procurement manager’s cousin. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Bring this to the procurement manager’s attention and report it to the appropriate department for investigation.

Do nothing. Project managers should respect the role and authority of each member of the team.

Confront the procurement manager and threaten to report their behavior to the ethics committee.

Overturn the procurement manager’s decision and select the vendor with the highest weighted score.

1492.

You are a project manager working for a nonprofit organization. Your team consists of full-time employees from the same nonprofit organization, and all of you are motivated by providing a service to others in need. You have worked with these team members before and know they all have outstanding performance records. Your project concerns setting up a receiving and distribution center for new and gently used laptops to be distributed to schools in Latvia. At a recent team meeting, you reiterated the expectations for this project with all of your team members. You eagerly listened to their ideas and concerns and assured them you would support them in meeting the goals of the project no matter what it takes. Which theory do you subscribe to?

Select one

Theory X

Hygiene Theory

Contingency Theory

Theory Y

1493.

You are in the Manage Team process and preparing for your individual team members’ performance assessments. You will use one of the tools and techniques of this process to determine each team member’s leadership, influencing, and effective decision-making capabilities. Which tool and technique is this referring to?

Select one

Interpersonal and team skills

Observation and conversation

Leadership skills

General management skills

1494.

Your manager knocks on your door and asks whether you have time to discuss the recent draft status report you sent her for review. She knows you are interested in performing at your best, but it seems that the third paragraph of the status report may contain a misstatement. She diligently listens to your explanation and realizes that her assumptions were incorrect. She explains that if she misunderstood, others might also. She asks if you wouldn’t mind taking a stab at clarifying this paragraph. Which theory does your manager practice?

Select one

Achievement Theory

Expectancy Theory

Contingency Theory

Theory Y

Select one

Smoothing

Compromising

Reconciling

Directing

Select one

Interpersonal and team skills

Communication skills

Conflict resolution

Power

1497.

A superuser of a customer relationship management system calls the project manager for assistance in resolving a system bug recently discovered by a member of his team. What has the project manager failed to do?

Select one

Provide the appropriate training to superusers to ensure they are equipped to address bugs as they arise.

Publish the final report of the project, which would detail how ongoing activities are to be addressed.

Release the project team back to their ongoing responsibilities, including the superuser community.

Transition the ongoing support and maintenance of the system to the appropriate operational team.

Select one

Collaboration

Compromise

Withdrawal

Smoothing

1499.

You are in the midst of some difficult procurement negotiations. The schedule, service-level agreements, and incentives have not been agreed upon. One of the parties representing the vendor lashes out at you during the negotiations. You were not expecting this outburst and are just about to stoop to their level when you remember which of the following in reference to the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the process you are currently performing?

Select one

Your actions and you should maintain respect even though the other party is out of control. The Control Procurements process can be difficult when you are negotiating complex contracts.

You can’t control the actions of others, but you can control your actions, and you should ensure personal integrity by controlling yourself even though the other party is out of control. The Control Procurements process can be difficult when you are negotiating complex contracts.

You can’t control the actions of others, but you can control your actions, and you should maintain respect even though the other party is out of control. The Conduct Procurements process can be difficult when you are negotiating complex contracts.

You can’t control the actions of others, but you can control your actions, and you should ensure personal integrity by controlling yourself even though the other party is out of control. The Conduct Procurements process can be difficult when you are negotiating complex contracts.

Select two

Groups of people with a shared goal who are dispersed across various locations

Groups of colocated people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting face to face

Groups of people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting face to face

Groups of people with varying goals who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting face to face

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