15 New PMP Questions & Answers with explanation
1.
A project manager identifies scheduling priority conflicts among local and virtual team members. The project manager schedules a conference call to manage this conflict. What conflict resolution technique did the project manager use?
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2.
A project team has fallen behind schedule on some tasks. The project manager tries to fix the issue by reprioritizing a few subsequent tasks. This does not resolve the scheduling problem, and the project manager must now escalate the issue to the project's stakeholders. To what plan should the project manager refer to escalate this?
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3.
You are the project manager for Rivera Gourmet Adventure Vacations. Rivera combines the wonderful tastes of great gourmet food with outdoor adventure activities. Your project involves installing a new human resources software system. Your stakeholders understand this is a large undertaking and that you might experience some schedule slippage. Jason, the database analyst working on this project, is overallocated. He is critical to the success of the project, and you don't want to burn him out by overscheduling him. Which of the following actions should you take?
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4.
These types of dependencies can create arbitrary total float values and limit your scheduling options.
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5.
You are the project manager of a software organization leading a project to develop a new reservation system. A new scheduling risk has been identified and determined to be critical to the project. As a result, you need to meet with project stakeholders to discuss the situation. What is the best method for dealing with stakeholders?
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6.
To expedite the scheduling process, a project manager alters an existing schedule management plan from a previous project for use on the current project. In this case, the schedule management plan represents:
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7.
You are the project manager for Kitchens Plus Inc. The latest project involves the development of an automatic dicer with unique industry features. The project uses a predictive life cycle, and you are analyzing schedule performance. Based on the information provided by the scheduling team, the current schedule performance index (SPI) is at 1.10, while the cost performance index (CPI) is at 0.80. What might be a good strategy for balancing out performance between the schedule and budget?
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8.
Which of the following scheduling methods does Kanban use?
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9.
A product manager meets with the team to apprise them of changes to how the upcoming project will be managed. She notes that the focus will now shift to producing deliverables through iterations and that iterative scheduling with a backlog will be used to account for the uncertainty in requirements. What is the value of this approach?
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10.
On-demand scheduling is one of the techniques used in agile projects. This type of scheduling relies on:
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