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QUESTION: 86

A business stakeholder for a project is reluctant to accept an agile approach due to a previous bad experience, and is pushing for a predictive approach.
What strategy should the project manager use to persuade the stakeholder to use an agile approach?

Agree on a predictive approach, but apply agile concepts under the project management umbrella.
Ensure the stakeholder that an agile approach will deliver all of the expected results in a shorter period of time.
Document the request and escalate to upper management to consider a modification of the project charter.
Propose a phased project approach with multiple small interactions and build trust with the stakeholder through frequent value delivery.

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 87

A project engineer in country A is complaining about the sample received from the supplier in country B because the sample is not the correct length. During a telephone conference, the supplier checked the drawings and insisted that the measurement was accurate.
What should the project manager do next?

Hire a company in country B to perform a quality check before shipment
Evaluate the procurement contract to determine the agreed-upon specifications
Escalate the issue to the purchasing department for review
Add an additional task to cut the received part according to the specifications

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 88

A project manager has team members around the world in many different time zones. Project work frequently stalls because people in one office need to wait until another office is awake to have questions answered.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Ensured that the project would be the highest priority for all team members
Planned and scheduled tasks and work packages to overcome geographical and time zone challenges
Learned more about how each team member prefers to communicate before assigning project work
Used communication tools, such as video conferencing, so different offices could communicate

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 89

The project manager is reviewing a project's progress and notices that one of the risks has become an issue.
What should the project manager do to address the situation?

Initiate a change request to obtain additional funds from the management reserve
Meet with the project team and customer to brainstorm about potential solutions
Schedule a high-priority meeting with the project stakeholders to discuss the issue
Collaborate with the relevant stakeholders on implementing the risk response plan

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 90

A project manager has begun a complex oil refinery project. Although the project is in the initiation phase, the sponsor keeps asking for concrete dates for the most important project milestones.
When will the project manager be able to provide the requested information?

During the planning phase, when processes for scope definition and activity duration and sequencing will be performed
Close to the end of the project, as the forecasts will be more accurate and most risks will already be mitigated
In the initiation process, as it happens concurrently with the project contract and project charter creation
As soon as possible, as project delays can be significantly avoided when a schedule is developed early

Answer(s): A

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