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161.

During the development of the project stakeholder engagement plan, the project manager is usually dependent on the expert judgment of senior stakeholders to identify and plan effective stakeholder management strategies. Which of the following stakeholders cannot guide the project manager in developing effective strategies for internal stakeholders?

Select one

Sponsor

Identified key stakeholders

Customers

Project team members

162.

As you create the Activity List, which technique is recommended for subdividing the project into smaller components called activities?

Select one

Decomposition

Rolling Wave Planning

Expert Judgment

Deconstruction

163.

Which of the following components of a project scope statement is useful in reducing scope creep?

Select one

Acceptance criteria

Deliverables

Scope description

Exclusions

164.

During which of the following project processes do key stakeholders engage with the project for the first time?

Select one

Develop Project Charter

Identify Stakeholders

Collect Requirements

Plan Stakeholder Engagement

165.

A project manager receives a chain of emails from the project team and vendor arguing about a recently received deliverable. The project team believes that the deliverable fails to meet a specific requirement, but the vendor maintains that they are unaware of this requirement. To what should the project manager first refer?

Select one

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Communications management plan

Statement of work (SOW)

Requirements management plan

166.

A junior project manager joins a new and complex project. During planning, the project manager discovers a number of variables with unknown effects on the project. What should the project manager do to manage these variables?

Select one

Set up an issue log that includes roles and responsibilities.

Ensure that the project plan is detailed, and includes resource management and budgetary overviews.

Review the unknown effects on the project with a senior project manager.

Implement a detailed risk management plan that includes all options.

167.

A project manager joins a project with a distributed team, fixed budget, and tight deadlines. During planning, what should the project manager do to avoid any scope creep and keep the team focused on delivering a product that meets requirements?

Select one

Prevent stakeholders from directly interacting with the development team leads.

Ensure that any changes to scope have gone through the formal approval process.

Request that all development team leads prepare detailed requirements.

Conduct daily stand-ups with all development teams.

168.

While executing a project that is nearly behind schedule, a project manager must commission a new piece of equipment. A local party, who will be impacted by this, asks that the project be immediately stopped because they were not given an opportunity to provide project approval. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Select one

Obtained sign-off and approval of the project charter from all stakeholders

Used negotiating and influencing techniques and skills

Implemented a stakeholder engagement plan

Used conflict management techniques

169.

One year ago at project kick-off, the entire project team was trained on the specifics of the business operation that the project supports. Since then, turnover has been high and new project team members fail to have the same understanding of the business. As a result, project productivity has suffered. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Instruct the new team members to seek help from experienced members when confronted with something they do not understand.

Reassign the inexperienced team members, add members with more relevant experience, and log the turnover issue in the lessons learned register.

Hold a second kick-off meeting for the new team members and ask current members to provide training and support.

Revise the project schedule to allow for the decrease in productivity

170.

A project is being planned in a remote area with limited access to vehicles and equipment. The project manager proposes that the company use an outside vendor to deliver all heavy equipment. The project manager will take full responsibility for this activity. However, this strategy will result in a significant expense. What type of risk response is the project manager demonstrating?

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