1. This project is chartered to determine new ways to extend the product life of one of the company's medium-producing products. The project manager comes from the engineering department and the team comes from product management and marketing departments. The preliminary project scope statement and project planning are completed when a stakeholder notifies the team that there is a better way to complete one of the work packages. They even supply a technical review letter from their department proving that the new way to complete the work package will actually be faster than the old way. The project manager has had similar experiences with this department on other projects, and was expecting this to happen on this project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

2. You have just informed your project team that each team member will be contributing to the lessons-learned documentation. Your team does not understand this approach and wants to know what the documentation will be used for. Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the lessons-learned documentation?

3. You are the project manager for the Falcon-1 Project. Your project is to create a new product for your industry. You have recently learned that your competitor is also working on a similar project, but their offering will include a computer aided program and Web-based tools, which your project does not offer. You have implemented a change request to update your project accordingly. This is an example of which of the following?

4. You are the project manager for a large construction project. The architect has provided your project team with blueprints detailing the exact layout of the building your team will be creating. He insists that the team follow the blueprints as he’s designed them. The blueprints are an example of which one of the following?

5. A project manager is trying to coordinate all the activities on the project and has determined the following: Activity 1 can start immediately and has an estimated duration of one week. Activity 2 can start after activity 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of four weeks. Activity 3 can start after activity 2 is completed and has an estimated duration of five weeks. Activity 4 can start after activity 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of eight weeks. Both activities 3 and 4 must be completed before the end of the project. What is the duration of the critical path for this project?

6. What happens when a project manager elects to crash a project?

7. You have just started a project for a manufacturer. Project team members report they are 30 percent complete with the project. You have spent $25,000 of the project’s $250,000 budget. What is the earned value for this project?

8. You are a construction manager for a construction project. The project will be using a new material that the project team has never worked with before. You allot $10,000 to train the project team on the new materials so that the project will operate smoothly. The $10,000 for training is known as what?

9. You are the project manager of the Global Upgrade Project. Your project team consists of 75 project team members around the world. Each team member will be upgrading a piece of equipment in many different facilities. Which of the following could you implement to ensure that project team members are completing all of the steps in the install procedure with quality?

10. The WBS and WBS dictionary are completed. The project team has begun working on identifying risks. The sponsor contacts the project manager, requesting that the responsibility assignment matrix be issued. The project has a budget of U.S. $100,000 and is taking place in three countries using 14 human resources. There is little risk expected for the project and the project manager has managed many projects similar to this one. What is the next thing to do?

11. Agile project teams work best in what dynamic?

12. Which of the following best describes Scrum?

13. One Scrum ceremony or activity is the team getting together to discuss what they will do today, what they did yesterday, and anything standing in their way. This is known as which of the following?

14. Your new Scrum team is looking forward to practicing the time box methodologies of Scrum and Agile. When asked how long the stand-up meetings will be time-boxed for, what will you say?

15. Why is using the MoSCoW Approach in DSDM so important?

16. Using Kanban methodology, which of the following is the best way to show performance and WIP to the team and to the customer?

17. Why is a pull system so important in the practice of Kanban?

18. Your team is currently a bit behind schedule, and it is worried that it won’t complete the work before the iteration ends. If you are practicing good servant leadership, what should you do first?

19. You have collocated your team, and during the day the team discusses the things they have learned, what they are working on, and various solutions to issues they confront. Even though not everyone contributes to every conversation, they are picking up the information. This information can be internalized or thrown away depending on the individual’s need for that information. This is known as which one of the following?

20. Your team disagrees on the direction a requirement should take, and it is convinced that the customer hasn’t explained it correctly. As a servant leader, what can you identify as the reason for the misunderstanding?