01. A department head is strongly interested in the project succeeding and has a moderate influence on it.
To which quadrant does the guide assign this stakeholder?
a) Quadrant IV
b) Quadrant II
c) Quadrant III
d) Quadrant I
02. A newly assigned task is being put through the project check, and the question about limited resources is reached.
Which points does the guide raise under that question?
Select all that apply.
a) What the scarce helpers and machines cost
b) Which qualifications and expertise the team members should have
c) Who is providing the funding
d) When in the course of the work that scarce support is needed
03. A project's stakeholders have been identified and classified into the four quadrants.
Besides the measures for organising and communicating with them, what does the guide say has to be thought about?
a) Which stakeholders should be released from their line duties
b) The specific interactions that each stakeholder has with the project
c) Whether each stakeholder's involvement will change as the project proceeds
d) How much of the project budget each stakeholder controls
04. One of the seven questions of the project check asks whether responsibilities have been defined.
Which points does the guide raise under that question?
Select all that apply.
a) What expertise and qualifications the team members need
b) Whether aspects of the project can be grouped or delegated in sub-projects or work packages
c) Who the customer is and who is providing the necessary funding
d) Whether the helpers, machines or equipment needed are available only to a limited extent
05. The guide's stakeholder matrix has four quadrants.
Which quadrants hold the stakeholders whose influence on the project is high?
Select all that apply.
a) Quadrant I
b) Quadrant III
c) Quadrant IV
d) Quadrant II
06. Which questions does the guide list under the political framework of the PESTEL analysis?
Select all that apply.
a) Which centres of power need to be considered?
b) Are there different areas of interest?
c) Are the technologies tried and tested?
d) Do seasonal or cyclical fluctuations have to be taken into account?
07. While the project environment is being analysed, issues come to light that make the project impossible to implement.
What does the guide ask for alongside stopping the project now?
a) A re-planning of the work, so that the issues found can be worked around
b) A risk analysis of the issues, which the guide schedules after the time plan
c) A release of the decision by the customer, as with the project charter
d) A justification of the issues that have emerged, so that stopping now can be substantiated
08. In the first step of the work breakdown structure workshop, each team member writes down answers to the workshop question on their own.
Which creativity techniques does the guide connect with that step?
Select all that apply.
a) Brainwriting
b) Six thinking hats
c) Mind mapping
d) Brainstorming
09. A phase plan lists five phases, but three of them are labelled only as the next stage and the result to be delivered at the end of each is left open.
What does the guide say has to be put right before the phases can be estimated?
Select all that apply.
a) The result at the end of each phase must be clearly defined
b) Each phase must carry a clear designation
c) A work breakdown structure must be drawn up for every one of the phases
d) The estimate must be made top-down
10. The guide notes that project managers often do not start from scratch, because they have access to relatively well-structured basic materials.
Which of these does it name as material that may already exist when the project manager is briefed?
Select all that apply.
a) A cost breakdown with the budget for each work package
b) A status quo report
c) A phase model
d) A requirements analysis
e) A project contract