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71.

As part of a new project you just started on as project manager, you are assembling your team and discovering that one of the critical pieces of work requires a specialist from one of the functional departments. However, you are aware the functional manager may be reluctant to assign that resource to your project since your project is not a high-profile one. Which of the following techniques will you need to apply?

Select one

Acquisition

Coercion

Politics

Negotiation

72.

You have been assigned as a project manager of a new project to be executed out of New York. However, you determine the project requires a Global Positioning Systems expert who is not available within the company in New York. After doing a little checking, you determine that the company has an expert based in London who is suitable for the project. However, the London-based employee is not willing to relocate to New York for the project. In such a case:

Select one

Write to the manager of the London-based employee and inform him that the employee needs to be convinced to relocate to New York due to project requirements.

You look at the option of moving ahead with the project by using a virtual team.

Manage the project without the key resource and flag this as a risk.

Co-location of resources is a key factor for the success of projects. As per PMI guidelines, you cannot proceed with the project since the resources are not available in New York.

73.

As part of your resource management plan, you have created a chart indicating the number of hours (Y-axis) that a senior programmer will be working over the months (X-axis) of the project. This is an example of a:

Select one

Pareto Chart

Ishikawa Diagram

Resource Histogram

Staff Acquisition Chart

Select one

Control Procurements

Identify Stakeholders

Close Project or Phase

Manage Team

75.

A key output of Plan Resource Management is a list of project roles and responsibilities. What should this document include?

Select one

Role, Authority, Responsibility, Competence

Work packages, Effort, Authority, Duties

Role, Responsibility, Authority, Risk

Role, Title, Resource Cost, Responsibility

76.

What is the best way to show, at a glance, all the work packages or project activities assigned to a specific organizational department?

Select one

Organizational Breakdown Structure

RACI chart

Work Breakdown Structure

Roles and Responsibilities Chart

Select one

Review, Analyze, Calculate, Implement

Responsible, Actual, Complete, Informative

Roles, Activities, Costs, Instructions

Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform

78.

While preparing a resource management plan, a project manager designated one of the senior programmers on the team to make decisions on whether the quality of deliverables met the project's documented standards. Which of the following aspects of a resource management plan does this address?

Select one

Competency

Responsibility

Authority

Role

79.

A project manager needs team members that report to a functional manager. What technique is the project manager most likely to use to obtain these resources?

Select one

Pre-assignment

Authority

Negotiation

Coercion

Select one

The project management team is usually a team external to the project team.

The project management team is a subset of the project team.

For smaller projects, the entire team can share the project management responsibilities.

For smaller projects, the project manager can solely administer project management responsibilities.

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