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1.  Which of these statement correctly links project and product life cycles?

   A) A product life cycle is generally contained within a project life cycle.
   B) A project life cycle is generally contained within a product life cycle.
   C) A product life cycle is the same as a project life cycle.
   D) The last life cycle for a project is generally the product's retirement.
   

2.  Pareto's Law states that eighty percent of the ______ are due to twenty percent of the _______. This is also known as the 80/20 rule.

   A) problems/causes
   B) causes/problems
   C) work/effort
   D) effort/work
   

3.  Which of the following is not a general management technique used to generate different approaches to execute and perform the project work?

   A) Lateral thinking
   B) Six Thinking Hats
   C) Map Out
   D) Brainstorming
   

4.  A project manager found that some of the project work was not done at the right time and was done in an improper sequence. What do you think was the likely issue?

   A) This is a project communications breakdown. The project manager needs to re-develop the communication management plan
   B) The Project Scope document was not properly updated.
   C) The Work Authorization System was not properly established in the project.
   D) This is due to poor teamwork.
   

5.  You are a consulting project manager with over 15 years experience running software development projects. You have been engaged to manage a finance application project for a new customer. However on the first day onsite at the customer's headquarters you are told the project has been cancelled, but there is a need for a project manager to manage a major infrastructure project to deploy a large number of servers and storage devices. The customer asks if you would be interested in leading this project. You have never managed this type of project before but would be interested in the challenge. Which of the follow is the best response?

   A) Do not mention your lack of experience, but ask for more information about the project. After reviewing the information and see that you could probably wing the project, accept the project.
   B) Accept the job with the caveat you can bring in any needed resources to work on the project, then hire a project manager you know that works in this area to handle the implementation details.
   C) Decline the opportunity, citing your lack of experience and knowledge in this area.
   D) Do not mention your lack of experience and accept the job.