Answer the questions that have red answers, the green ones are correct.

Question 1

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Which of these in an example of good politics in projects?

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Getting preferred treatment by the executives

Securing the resources you need for a project effort

Ensuring team members you don’t like are not assigned

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Which of these is one of the limitations of committee sponsorship?

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Everyone wants to have a say and it might be in conflict

Hidden agendas

Managing all the different people on the committee

Finding time for leaders to meet as a whole

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Which of these are differences between a vested and impartial executive?

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These are all examples of differences.

The vested executive fends off internal enemies, whereas the impartial executive allows others to interfere

The vested executive stays active in the project, whereas the impartial executive, just “goes through the motions”

The vested executive keeps the project alive, whereas the impartial executive allows the team to fail

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Which of these is one of the ways to identify a project’s stakeholders?

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By how much money they give the PM

Darts

By how they will contribute to the project

By how close they are to the project sponsor

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How can a PM best foster stakeholder engagement?

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Meeting with stakeholders to identify their needs and expectations

Encouraging stakeholders passive involvement in a project

Inviting stakeholders to every project meeting

Stakeholders coming to the PM to express concern

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When should role clarification for stakeholders be done?

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Before the project starts

Never

Early in the project

At the end of the project

Question 7

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A critical factor when dealing with a global stakeholder is which of these?

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They are more likely to change over time

Cultural challenges

Time zone issues to connect

All of these

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Which one of these strategies is a key skill in managing conflict with stakeholders?

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Political

Awareness

Consensus

Compromising

Question 9

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Which of these is collective belief?

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A consensus to end the project early

Something that every project sponsor needs

A desire to continue a project, no matter the cost

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In the approach that uses red, green, and yellow lights to indicate status, which of these would a red light indicate?

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People are not doing their jobs

Work needs to stop until the situation is resolved

A problem exists that requires sponsor involvement

The team is giving up and needs help

Question 11

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Which of these describes an executive’s involvement in PM in an immature organization?

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Has executives believing in project management

Has active executive involvement in a project

Has executive trust in the PM’s decisions

Has passive executive involvement in a project

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Which of these describes an executive’s involvement in PM in a mature organization?

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An executive seeks what is possible

An executive does not want to take problems beyond the project team

An executive sponsor is only needed at startup

An executive seeks perfection

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What is a portfolio as it relates to project management?

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A grouping of projects and programs, usually strategic in nature

A list of programs the organization is considering working on

It contains all the stocks a company is invested in

Major efforts the organization is looking at

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Which of these describe a project’s sponsor?

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Determines who is on the team

Provides the money for the project

An executive who provides strategic oversight

The project manager’s direct supervisor