In analyzing a project for monthly status reporting, the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 0 75 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 1 25 The project manager must provide the first project status review soon and wants to emphasize that the project is under control How should the project manager report the project status to key stakeholders?

• A.Prepare a detailed presentation for stakeholders on earned value including how it is calculated and the project's current earned value results
• B.Report that the project is behind schedule but that an additional experienced resource can be added to stay within schedule and maintain the budget.
• C.Report that the project is not tracking as expected, but is still under control since the next project milestone is over a month away
• D.Perform a detailed root cause analysis utilizing a pareto chart and fishbone diagrams to demonstrate that the project is under control.

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Which of the following would most likely not be an essential objective of a project team kick-off meeting

• A.Get team members to know one another
• B.Obtain individual and group commitments
• C.Identify project problem areas
• D.Create a project technology master plan
• E.Identify the project coordinator

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You are giving your team instructions on how to perform a new test which is different from the way that the team had performed it previously. The best way to verify that the learn understands what you want is to:

• A.analyze the team's perceptions barriers
• B.analyze the team's decoding skills
• C.obtain feedback
• D.analyze the team's encoding skills
• E.uses gestures in presenting the instructions

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A project manager reviews the risk register and is concerned with the response strategies. What should the project manager do?

• A.Review the risk management plan.
• B.Examine the contingency reserve, and propose adjustments.
• C.Evaluate new risks that have been added to the risk register.
• D.Perform a quantitative risk analysis.

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During project implementation the client interprets a clause in the contract to mean the he is entitled to a substantial refund for work recently completed. You review the clause and disagree with the client's conclusion. As the project manager which of the following actions should be taken?

• A.Document the dispute and refer to the provisions of the contract that address
• B.Immediately correct the clause to remove any possible misinterpretation by the customer
• C.Advise the customer that ambiguous information in contracts is always interpreted in favor of the contractor
• D.Disregard the customer's conclusion and continue to process invoices interpretations and disputes

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