2,934 New PMP Questions & Answers with explanation
1551.
You’re the project manager for Dream Clinics, a research organization that specializes in sleep disorders. You’re working on an internal service project and are in the Executing process group. You negotiate with a manager to obtain resources for specific activities on the project that your team is not able to fulfill. These resources will roll off the project as soon as the activities are completed. Which of the following does this scenario describe?
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1552.
You are a project manager working on contract. The organization that’s contracted with your company is not happy with the progress of the project to date. They claim that an important deliverable was overlooked and that you should halt the project and reassess how to meet this deliverable. You know that the customer has approved all phases of the project to date. Which of the following statements is true?
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1553.
Nancy is a senior systems engineer who loves to work with people and can typically grasp the big picture. Because of her functional knowledge, organized nature, and ease in getting others to follow her lead, her manager decides to move her into a project manager role. Despite all of her strengths, Nancy struggles greatly with her first project. The first major milestone was missed, and the project was already over budget by $20,000. What part of the PMI Talent Triangle™ is Nancy missing?
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1554.
Your project has kicked off, and you are beginning a series of overview sessions with key users to determine requirements for a new enterprise resource software implementation. One of your stakeholders is exceptionally contentious and throws obstacles up at every turn. One of the problems she has described does seem to be legitimate. There is an issue with the data from the legacy system that needs to be resolved before moving forward. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this situation?
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1555.
Which process group corresponds to the "Act" component of the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle?
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1556.
If a project has a To Cost Performance Index (TCPI) of 0.90, this means that:
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1557.
A manufacturing project has a Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of 0.89 and a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of 0.91. Generally, what is the best explanation for why this occurred?
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1558.
The planned announcement is a closely guarded secret, as the organization does not want the competition to attempt to steal secrets or deflect media attention the project is over budget to date. Which of the following is not a reason this could have occurred?
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1559.
Your company is in the consumer-packaged goods industry. This is a highly regulated industry, and the regulations can vary between countries and even geographic regions within each country. You have created a new product and sent the first shipment to a customer in a region you have never worked in before. The shipment is stopped in customs, due to the product not meeting the standards of that country. According to the company policy, samples should be taken from each shipment and stored for six months. The company looked for samples from the shipped product, and were not able to locate any. Which quality technique could have caught this issue
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1560.
You are leading a project to design a high-efficiency solar cell. The materials that you are acquiring for this project include copper, silver, and silicon among others, and you have also ordered custom built manufacturing equipment. Additionally, you have secured permission from the landlord to install a solar array on the roof of the corporate office for testing, and reserved a conference room for daily stand-up meetings. What is the result of your efforts?
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