1.
At the beginning of a project, a software team project manager is given a schedule with everyone’s vacations on it. She realizes that because the software will be delivered to the QA team exactly when they have overlapping vacations, there is a serious risk of quality problems, because there won’t be anyone to test the software before it goes into production. What BEST describes the constraint this places on the project?
2.
You’re managing a project to remodel a kitchen. You use earned value calculations to figure out that you’re going to run $500 over budget if your project continues at the current rate. Which of the following core characteristics of a project manager are you using to find the problem?
3.
An energy company is investing in a series of initiatives to look for alternative energy sources so that the company can be competitive in 10 years. The initiatives are tracked and managed together because this goal is vital to the success of the company. This is an example of:
4.
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a project manager?
5.
Which of the following is NOT true about portfolio management?
6.
A project manager is having trouble with his project because one of his team members is not performing, which is causing him to miss an important date he promised to a stakeholder. He discovers that the team member knew about the project problem, but didn’t tell him because the team members are all afraid of his bad temper. Which BEST describes how the project manager can avoid this situation in the future?
7.
Which of the following is NOT an interpersonal skill?
8.
Which of the following is NOT a distinguishing characteristic of a project?
9.
You log in and check your company’s vacation calendar to see how much vacation time you have for your trip
10.
Which of the following is NOT true about interpersonal and team skills?