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1.Which of the following includes asking team members about the time estimates for their tasks and developing agreement on the calendar date for each task?

A.Activity sequencing
B.Schedule development
C.Scope definition
D.Initiation

By the time this activity is taking place, initiation, scope definition and activity sequencing would be completed.
(B)

2.A project manager for a small construction company has a project that was budgeted for US $130,000 over a six-week period. According to her schedule, the project should have cost US $60,000 to date. However, it has cost US $90,000 to date. The project is also behind schedule, because the original estimates were not accurate. Who has the PRIMARY responsibility to solve this problem?

A.Project manager
B.Senior management
C.Project sponsor
D.Manager of the project office

Schedule management is a responsibility of the project manager. This question could have been placed in many different chapters since it relates to cost, integration, human resources and time.

3.Which of the following risk events is MOST likely to interfere with attaining a project's schedule objective?

4.Your company has just presented its new five-year strategic plan. You have received a new product request from a customer that is in line with the previous five-year strategic plan, but it does not meet the objectives of the new plan. The product description seems to have a valid business driver and to be a straightforward development effort. As project manager, what is the BEST course of action?