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1. Constraints and assumptions can affect the project manager’s ability to plan and manage the project. All constraints and assumptions should be documented. All of the following are assumptions, except for which one?
a. There is a 10 percent allowance of time for travel delays.
b. The weather will be acceptable for construction during the summer months.
c. The project team will work on the project Monday through Friday only.
d. The project must be completed by December 31.
2. Management would like every computer in the company to run the same operating system. As it is now, IT support must manage eight different operating systems. What must first be established before the project can begin?
a. Control quality mechanisms
b. Project charter
c. A plan to inventory all of the current hardware to determine which operating system the project should install
d. Identification of what software is needed on each computer
3. Alice is the project manager for her organization and she’s leading a software development project. She has just reached the end of the first phase of her project. What may happen at the end of each project phase?
a. Murder board review
b. Phased gate estimating
c. Project team reviews
d. Lessons learned updates
4. You believe in an approach to motivation based on expectancy theory, which posits that motivation depends on an individual’s expectations of his own ability to perform a job and attain a desired reward.
How will you put your motivational principles into practice?
a. Make sure goals are set high enough to represent a challenge.
b. Assign tasks and rewards according to each team member’s abilities and desires.
c. Adopt a more “hands-off” managerial style so as not to be perceived as critical.