WGU C176 - Preassessment Test, Complete Solution
2023
You are a project manager at your company. Your project sponsor has asked you
to terminate one of the team members. However, you know he has all the skills
and knowledge to make the project successful. What should you do in this
situation?
A Conduct a meeting with project sponsor to discuss the issue regarding the
team member.
B Avoid the request of project sponsor as you know team member's quality.
C Conduct a meeting with the team member and explain him the situation about
project sponsor, and then terminate him.
D Find the replacement of the team member and then terminate him.
Conduct a meeting with project sponsor to discuss the issue regarding the team
member.
Which of the following describes how to know the completed deliverables are
satisfactory?
A Scope creep
B Quality gate
C EVM
D Acceptance criteria
Acceptance criteria
Which of the following is a deliverables-oriented hierarchy used to decompose a
project?
A SOW
B PDM
C RFP
D WBS
WBS
One of your project team members informs you about a new technology that will
enhance the quality of the project and decrease the manufacturing cost and time.
As a project manager, what will you do first?
A Disposition the request at the change control board.
B Purchase and start working on the new technology.
C Analyze the impact of the new technology.
D Coordinate and communicate with the appropriate stakeholders.
Analyze the impact of the new technology.
Alice has started a small two months project. After one month, he has been asked
to add some functionality that is estimated to take an additional two weeks. He
has implemented the functionality without having approval. This is known as
which of the following?
A Acceptance criteria
B Request for proposal
C Change control system
D Scope creep
,Scope creep
This is the final, approved version of the project schedule. All of the following are
true regarding this term except for which of the following?
A It is used to monitor project progress throughout the remainder of the project.
B It describes a schedule baseline.
C It will prevent future schedule risk.
D It is approved by the stakeholders, sponsor, and functional managers.
It will prevent future schedule risk.
Which of the following resources are those who have rolled off one project and
are waiting for the next project to begin?
A Shared resource
B Benched resource
C Dedicated resource
D Remote resource
Benched resource
In this organizational structure, you report to the director of project management.
You will have complete control of the project team members' time and
assignments once the project is underway. Which type of organization does this
describe?
A Optimized
B Projectized
C Functional
D Matrix
Projectized
In which of the following project phases is high-level risk identified?
A Executing
B Monitoring and controlling
C Planning
D Initiating
Initiating
You find that some of the stakeholders are not taking an interest in your project
due to the project length. As a project manager, what should you do in this
situation?
A Create a concise communication plan which focuses on the project objectives
and accomplishments.
B Evaluate the project objectives with the stakeholder and permit them to make
appropriate changes to the project.
C Report only progress of the project and do not share issues.
D Remove those stakeholder that are not taking interest in the project to make the
project successful.
Create a concise communication plan which focuses on the project objectives and
accomplishments.
You have identified a positive project risk which is within your project team's
control. Which of the following risk response strategies will you select to manage
, the positive project risk?
A Mitigate
B Transfer
C Accept
D Exploit
Exploit
Which of the following are the types of organizational change that can have a
significant impact on the project?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A Procurement
B Outsourcing
C Relocation
D Split
E Acquisition
F External organizational
Outsourcing
Relocation
Split
Acquisition
Which chart or diagram is a type of histogram that rank-orders data by frequency
over time and uses the 80/20 rule?
A Scatter diagram
B Fishbone diagram
C Pareto chart
D Ishikawa diagram
Pareto chart
You are the project manager on a project where the scope has expanded. The
change has been approved by the change control board (CCB). What steps must
you take to acknowledge the new scope?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A Communicate the change to stakeholders and team members.
B Submit a change request.
C Log the request on the change request log.
D Update the project management plan.
Communicate the change to stakeholders and team members.
Update the project management plan.
What is the purpose of WBS?
A Identifies and organizes the scope of the project
B Determines the critical path of a project schedule
2023
You are a project manager at your company. Your project sponsor has asked you
to terminate one of the team members. However, you know he has all the skills
and knowledge to make the project successful. What should you do in this
situation?
A Conduct a meeting with project sponsor to discuss the issue regarding the
team member.
B Avoid the request of project sponsor as you know team member's quality.
C Conduct a meeting with the team member and explain him the situation about
project sponsor, and then terminate him.
D Find the replacement of the team member and then terminate him.
Conduct a meeting with project sponsor to discuss the issue regarding the team
member.
Which of the following describes how to know the completed deliverables are
satisfactory?
A Scope creep
B Quality gate
C EVM
D Acceptance criteria
Acceptance criteria
Which of the following is a deliverables-oriented hierarchy used to decompose a
project?
A SOW
B PDM
C RFP
D WBS
WBS
One of your project team members informs you about a new technology that will
enhance the quality of the project and decrease the manufacturing cost and time.
As a project manager, what will you do first?
A Disposition the request at the change control board.
B Purchase and start working on the new technology.
C Analyze the impact of the new technology.
D Coordinate and communicate with the appropriate stakeholders.
Analyze the impact of the new technology.
Alice has started a small two months project. After one month, he has been asked
to add some functionality that is estimated to take an additional two weeks. He
has implemented the functionality without having approval. This is known as
which of the following?
A Acceptance criteria
B Request for proposal
C Change control system
D Scope creep
,Scope creep
This is the final, approved version of the project schedule. All of the following are
true regarding this term except for which of the following?
A It is used to monitor project progress throughout the remainder of the project.
B It describes a schedule baseline.
C It will prevent future schedule risk.
D It is approved by the stakeholders, sponsor, and functional managers.
It will prevent future schedule risk.
Which of the following resources are those who have rolled off one project and
are waiting for the next project to begin?
A Shared resource
B Benched resource
C Dedicated resource
D Remote resource
Benched resource
In this organizational structure, you report to the director of project management.
You will have complete control of the project team members' time and
assignments once the project is underway. Which type of organization does this
describe?
A Optimized
B Projectized
C Functional
D Matrix
Projectized
In which of the following project phases is high-level risk identified?
A Executing
B Monitoring and controlling
C Planning
D Initiating
Initiating
You find that some of the stakeholders are not taking an interest in your project
due to the project length. As a project manager, what should you do in this
situation?
A Create a concise communication plan which focuses on the project objectives
and accomplishments.
B Evaluate the project objectives with the stakeholder and permit them to make
appropriate changes to the project.
C Report only progress of the project and do not share issues.
D Remove those stakeholder that are not taking interest in the project to make the
project successful.
Create a concise communication plan which focuses on the project objectives and
accomplishments.
You have identified a positive project risk which is within your project team's
control. Which of the following risk response strategies will you select to manage
, the positive project risk?
A Mitigate
B Transfer
C Accept
D Exploit
Exploit
Which of the following are the types of organizational change that can have a
significant impact on the project?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A Procurement
B Outsourcing
C Relocation
D Split
E Acquisition
F External organizational
Outsourcing
Relocation
Split
Acquisition
Which chart or diagram is a type of histogram that rank-orders data by frequency
over time and uses the 80/20 rule?
A Scatter diagram
B Fishbone diagram
C Pareto chart
D Ishikawa diagram
Pareto chart
You are the project manager on a project where the scope has expanded. The
change has been approved by the change control board (CCB). What steps must
you take to acknowledge the new scope?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A Communicate the change to stakeholders and team members.
B Submit a change request.
C Log the request on the change request log.
D Update the project management plan.
Communicate the change to stakeholders and team members.
Update the project management plan.
What is the purpose of WBS?
A Identifies and organizes the scope of the project
B Determines the critical path of a project schedule
