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621.

You are a fabulous project manager, and your team thinks highly of you. You are well respected by the stakeholders, management team, and project team. When you make decisions, others follow your lead as a result of which of the following?

Select one

Referent power

Expert power

Legitimate power

Punishment power

622.

Your team is dispersed and they are physically split between two buildings on opposite sides of town. As a result, the team isn't very cohesive because the members don't know each other very well. The team is still in the storming stage because of the separation issues. Which of the following statements are true regarding this question?

Select two

You should consider colocating the team.

You should consider using conflict resolution techniques.

You should consider training the team members.

You should consider using virtual workspaces.

623.

You've promised your team two days of paid time off plus a week's training in the latest technology of their choice if they complete their project ahead of schedule. This is an example of which of the following?

Select one

Achievement Theory

Expectancy Theory

Maslow's Theory

Contingency Theory

624.

You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your project team is researching a new service offering. They have been working together for quite some time and have a good understanding of the task at hand. They will not likely need any direction from you to complete this task. According to Blanchard, what type of leadership style does this describe?

Select one

Supporting

Autocratic

Laissez-faire

Delegating

625.

You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your project team is researching a new service offering. They have been working together for quite some time and are in the performing stage of team development. A new member has been introduced to the team. Which of the following statements is true?

Select one

The team will start over again with the storming stage.

The team will continue in the performing stage.

The team will start over again with the forming stage.

The team will start over again at the storming stage but quickly progress to the performing stage.

626.

You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your team members are amiable with one another and are careful to make project decisions jointly. Which of the following statements is true?

Select one

They are in the forming stage of team development.

They are in the norming stage of team development.

They are in the storming stage of team development.

They are in the adjourning stage of team development.

627.

During a recent team meeting, you reached a resolution to an issue that's been troubling the team for several weeks. It turned out that there was a problem with one of the manufactured parts required for the project. Once this was corrected, the remaining production run went off without a hitch. You took responsibility for searching out the facts of this problem and implemented a change request to resolve the issue. Which of the following is true regarding this question?

Select one

This is a defect repair, which is performed during the Direct and Manage Project Work process.

This is a corrective action, which is performed during the Direct and Manage Project Work process.

This is a preventive action, which is performed during the Direct and Manage Project Work process.

This is an unapproved change request and must first go through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.

628.

Your team is working on an agile project developing an app that alerts airline passengers to gate changes for their flights once they've checked in. They are having a difficult time understanding how the user stories work together toward the big picture. Which of the following should you do?

Select two

Create a burndown chart.

Perform one-hour backlog refinement meetings midway through the upcoming iterations.

Tailor the approach to help team members gain a better understanding of the user stories.

Create an impact map.

629.

You are in the Executing process and observing and gathering information on project elements such as schedule status, deliverables completion, lessons learned, KPIs, technical performance measures, and resource utilization. Which of the following statements is true regarding this question?

Select one

This question describes project management plan updates.

This question describes topics you might discuss in a review meeting.

This question describes some of the updates that may bring about preventive action.

This question describes work performance data.

630.

You are considering using an agile approach to conduct your project. The organization's culture is open to new ideas and supports honesty and transparency. They use KPI measurements to evaluate success. Which of the following statements are true?

Select one

Culture has a significant influence on the organization.

Peter Drucker stated, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

Agile works well in the type of culture described in the question.

Culture directly influences the type of agile methodology you'll choose to manage the project.

Organizations that use KPI measurements and allow teams to experiment on noncritical projects and learn from failure can transform the culture and the methodologies used to manage projects.

All of the above.

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