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61.

A kick-off meeting with stakeholders is held to discuss the draft of the project plan. During the meeting, two stakeholders disagree about the project's objective. What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

Select one

Identified and analyzed the level of influence and interest of each stakeholder and addressed their concerns

Clearly communicated the kick-off meeting's objective and explained that it was only for informational purposes

Defined a more comprehensive risk management plan to control the impact of different stakeholders with different objectives

Delayed the discussion but agreed to later address the issue

62.

Some previously unidentified stakeholders report that they have not been kept informed regarding the status of a critical project even though their functional areas are largely impacted. What should the project manager do first?

Select one

Examine and update the stakeholder register.

Identify new strategies to communicate project status.

Review the project's communication methods.

Invite all stakeholders to the status meetings.

63.

During a project's development stage, a functional manager is transferred to another department and is no longer involved with the project. What should the project manager do first?

Select one

Revise the communications management plan.

Assess the impact on risks.

Review the project team assignments.

Update the stakeholder register.

64.

A project manager presents the project charter to the steering committee. The steering committee is concerned about preassigned resource allocation because the stakeholders are unaware of their participation in the project. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Select one

Completed the stakeholder register

Defined roles and responsibilities for each stakeholder

Managed stakeholder engagement

Obtained stakeholders' expectations

65.

A project manager is working on a global project with resources located in different regions. What should the project manager do to address the correct channels with the right information?

Select one

Hold frequent video conferences.

Develop a communications management plan.

Schedule meetings in different time zones.

Create a stakeholder engagement plan.

66.

A project manager is working on a project for which the project sponsor is also the customer. Since the project is running smoothly, the sponsor/customer asks that the project manager send status reports only if the project is in trouble. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Amend the communications management plan.

Keep track of the project and continue to inform other stakeholders of project progress.

Send only high-level status updates to stakeholders.

Store the project status reports in the project repository rather than sending them to stakeholders.

67.

A project manager has completed the identification of stakeholders. Previously, the project manager had difficulty managing stakeholders because no distinctions were made among them regarding influence or authority. What information needs to be included in the stakeholder register?

Select one

Change requests for new stakeholders

Stakeholder classification

Stakeholder engagement plan

Stakeholder benefits management plan

68.

While an activity on the critical path is being executed, the functional lead removes two project resources involved in this activity to support the resolution of a contingency situation. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Implement the contingency plan.

Fast track the critical path.

Negotiate with the functional manager to allocate replacement resources.

Escalate the issue to the functional manager's boss.

69.

A new project manager joins a project during the delivery of a critical milestone. As this project has multiple stakeholders, the project manager needs to determine which stakeholders should receive information about the delivery. To what should the project manager refer?

Select one

Project management plan

Stakeholder engagement plan

Communications management plan

Stakeholder register

70.

During a demo and review meeting, the progress report shows that an agile project is not on track. The project manager is surprised, because all work was purposely selected and sequenced to meet higher-level objectives. What should the project manager have done to prevent this miscommunication?

Select one

Trained and mentored the team on using the agile approach

Encouraged the team to self organize and provide buy-in to the project

Engaged the team to record the agile progress reporting system

Created a contingency reserve

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