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The 4 basic phases of a project life cycle as taught in this course include

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A project is defined as a specific job with a defined beginning, but NO specific end.

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A project sponsor provides

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Project scope defines what a project will and will not accomplish.

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Risk is greatest during the early phases of a project life, but the amount at stake is greatest during the later phases of a project.

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Identify the example in the list below that would not usually be considered a project.

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An effective project leader typically spends a minimal amount of their time communicating.

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The contemporary/interactionist view of conflict is that

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The output from a project is referred to as

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A behavior that serves to equalize participation by increasing quiet member participation and decreasing overly active member participation is

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Consensus requires 100% team member agreement.

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Each team must define the rules of decision-making and consensus for themselves.

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Two truths and a lie is an example of a

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Facilitators protect people, ideas, and the process.

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It is important that scribes do not take the power of the pen and rephrase statements based on their own views.

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The rules of brainstorming indicate there can be no positive comments as well as no negative comments to individual ideas.

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Agreed upon standards of team behavior are called

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When completing a Project Charter, a decision must be made as to whether the project is a problem or an opportunity.

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Tracking progress is difficult because the project leader must maximize the status information gathered while minimizing the effort by the team to provide status.

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Team member feedback should be

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An event that represents a significant accomplishment at a specific point in time is called a

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Each of the following is an element of project close-out management EXCEPT

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Task is another term for work activity in a structured project plan.

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WBS is an acronym for

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You are managing a large project that requires part of your project team to live in other countries with vast differences in time zones.  A large number of project team members are also scattered around a large geographical region of your country.  Which of the following is the LEAST practical method of communication?

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High level project estimates include all but which of the following:

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The construction foreman posted a large sign requiring all work site visitors to wear a hard hat and safety glasses.  He also purchased large quantities of both items and made them readily available at the entrance. The foreman is engaged in

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Concurrent or parallel activities are:

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Keith Monroe nails hundreds of pieces of culled lumber in the blazing July sun to finish his barn roof. He and his assistant are clearly in:

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A project that must be finished by December 31st is:

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If a project is behind schedule and team members have been absent, earned value calculations will indicate:

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If a project is behind schedule and team members have been working overtime but not making good progress due to technical difficulties, earned value calculations will indicate:

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Slack that affects successor tasks in a project plan is called

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Slack that affects the entire project duration is called

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The path in a project plan schedule that does not have any slack (zero slack) is called the critical path.

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Suppose your PV for a project is $100,000 and your EV is $60,000. What is the SPI for the project?

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Software installed on a computer is an example of a project deliverable.

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Effective change management accommodates customer or technical changes.  As long as a change gets implemented, however, there is no need for the project team and sponsor/customer to agree on changes to the project scope before starting any work.

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Baselining a project is NOT important for monitoring and updating progress.

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When evaluating project status it is important to compare expected versus actual.

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The correct definition of resource leveling is:

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Project resource constraints can involve which of the following examples:

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When does a project close?

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You have just completed your project and have to complete the final activities your company requires.  Which of the following activities is NOT expected to be part of the project close-out?

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The team has just completed work on the project.  By all accounts, this was a difficult project from the beginning and the results bear this out.  You were over budget by 20% and significantly behind your schedule.  Morale became progressively worse in the face of the numerous challenges.  At the close of the project, you decide to hold an informal meeting with the team to discuss the problems and identify their sources, all with the goal of trying to prevent something like this from happening again.  This process is known as what?

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The IT (Information Technology) implementation project is bogging down and falling behind schedule.  The department heads are complaining that the project cannot help them if it is not implemented in a reasonable timeframe.  Your project manager is considering putting extra resources to work on activities along the critical path to accelerate the schedule.  This is an example of what?

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A building contractor is working on a vacation home and is looking over his schedule.  He notices that the schedule calls for the foundation footers to be poured and then the rough floor decking to be installed.  In this plan, the decking would be an example of what type of activity?

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The project administrator is preparing a preliminary budget for a project and adds in the cost of a new computer for the project team to use.  What type of cost would this computer purchase represent?

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Standard project reports include

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If PV=$1,600, EV=$1,075, and AC=$1,290, CPI for the project is

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