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591.

You are a project manager for a manufacturing firm that produces Civil War–era replicas and memorabilia. You discover a design error during a test production run on your latest project. Time is a critical constraint on this project. The stakeholders are anxious to get this new product to market and their bonuses are on the line if this project doesn't come in on time. Which of the following is the most likely response to this problem?

Select one

Reduce the technical requirements so that the error is no longer valid.

Go forward with production and ignore the error.

Go forward with production, but inform the customer of the problem.

Develop alternative solutions to address the error.

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PMP Question No 4255 - Scope

592.

You are working on a project that was proceeding well until a manufacturing glitch occurred that requires corrective action. It turns out the glitch was an unintentional enhancement to the product, and the marketing people are absolutely crazy about its potential. The corrective action is canceled, and you continue to produce the product with the newly discovered enhancement. As the project manager, you know that a change has occurred to the product scope because the glitch changed the characteristics of the product. Which of the following statements is true?

Select one

Changes to product scope should be reflected in the project scope.

Changes to product scope should be documented in the scope management plan.

Changes to product scope will result in cost changes.

Changes to product scope are a result of corrective action.

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PMP Question No 4252 - All Domains

593.

You are using a process to measure the quality results over time. You are reviewing this graphic at your status meeting and explain that this information is based on sample variance measurements. Your measurements are within two standard deviations. Which of the following options are true?

Select two

You are using a scatter diagram.

The process is in control and should not be adjusted.

You are using a cause-and-effect diagram.

You are using a control chart.

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PMP Question No 4251 - All Domains

594.

All of the following are activities of the configuration management system except for which one?

Select one

Variance analysis

Identification

Status accounting

Verification and auditing

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PMP Question No 4250 - All Domains

595.

You are a project manager for Star Light Strings. Star Light manufactures strings of lights for outdoor display. Its products range from simple light strings to elaborate lights with animal designs, bug designs, memorabilia, and so on. Your newest project requires a change. One of the business unit managers submitted a change through the change control system, which utilizes a CCB. Which of the following is true regarding the CCB?

Select one

The CCB describes how change requests are managed.

The CCB requires all change requests in writing.

The CCB approves or denies change requests.

The CCB requires updates to the appropriate management plan.

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PMP Question No 4249 - All Domains

596.

You are a project manager for Star Light Strings. Star Light manufactures strings of lights for outdoor display. Its products range from simple light strings to elaborate lights with animal designs, bug designs, memorabilia, and so on. Your newest project requires a change. You are performing the Control Quality process and are looking at and testing a sampling of the product for conformance to quality standards. The tolerable result for the bulbs used on the string is 995–1,000 hours. All of the light bulbs must be LED bulbs. Which of the following are true regarding this process?

Select one

Tolerable results are assessed during an inspection and are expressed within a specified range.

The LED bulbs are an attribute. Attributes have two measures, conforming or nonconforming.

Prevention cost should be considered against the cost of rework, labor, material, and potential loss of customers.

You are performing an inspection. Inspections sometime use check sheets to help track and record data.

All are correct

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PMP Question No 4246 - All Domains

597.

Your project progressed as planned until yesterday. Suddenly, an unexpected risk event occurred. You quickly devised a response to deal with this negative risk event using which of the following?

Select one

Risk management plan updates

Workarounds

Corrective action

Additional risk identification

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PMP Question No 4245 - All Domains

598.

You are working on a project that was proceeding well until a manufacturing glitch occurred that requires corrective action. It turns out the glitch was an unintentional enhancement to the product, and the marketing people are absolutely crazy about its potential. The corrective action is canceled, and you continue to produce the product with the newly discovered enhancement. As the project manager, you know that a variance has occurred. Which of the following options is true?

Select one

Attribute inspection determines whether measurements fall within tolerable results.

Scatter diagrams display the relationships between an independent and a dependent variable to show variations in the process over time.

Common causes of variance, also known as special-cause variances, are situations that are unique and not easily controlled at the operational level.

Random variances, known or predictable variances, and variances that are always present in the process are known as common causes of variance.

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PMP Question No 4244 - All Domains

599.

The Delphi method, technology forecasting, and forecast by analogy are examples of what category of forecasting methods?

Select one

Time series

Judgmental

Causal

Econometric

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PMP Question No 4241 - All Domains

600.

You are holding a regularly scheduled status meeting for your project. You know all of the following are true regarding status meetings except which one?

Select one

Observation and conversation may be used to gather information on project performance and reported at the status meeting.

Status meetings are a type of interactive communication.

Status meetings are a way to formally exchange information and update the stakeholders regarding project status.

Status meetings should be held throughout the project and at regularly scheduled intervals.

Information shared at status meetings always includes updates to elements such as scope, budget, and schedule and does not need to be tailored to the audience.

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