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Submitted by krantikumar50 on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 06:47

Hi All,


 


I just took a test and scored 46/50. The test is ok. Neither easy nor difficult. Moderate types. I am putting four questions where I went wrong. Please check and answer.


 


Once I have few answers then will divulge the source :) :) :)


 


Warmly, KK...


 


Q1.       Which of these is NOT a typical constraint on the project team’s personnel options?


A.      Org Structure


B.      Collective Bargaining Agreements


C.      Economic Conditions    D. Physical location


 


 



 



Q2.       The Requi Traceability Matrix (RTM) helps in tracing all of the following EXCEPT:


A.      Requirements to project objectives


B.      Requi to project objectives


C.      Requi to test strategy   D. Requi to project risk


 


Q3 What is the traditional way to display a reporting structure among project team members?


A.      Text-oriented role description


B.      Flowchart


C.      Hierarchical-type charts


D.      Matrix based responsibility chart


 


Q 4  As the PM of a project in your org, you find that you have little authority and mainly are engaged in project co-ordination activities. Your org can be best described as:


A.      Weak Matrix


B.      Strong Matrix


C.      Projectized


D.      Functional


 


 


 

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Ramana_99

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 06:53

1 - C

2 - D

3 - C

4 - A

 

Regards,

Ramana

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 06:59

Hi Ramana,


 


On question #4, yes, you are right. I wrongly chose Functional and I shall tell you why?


 


I thought in any weak matrix org, a PM is known as a coordinator or expeditor but in functional they are known as a PM. So, I chose functional but the answer came out to be what you pointed. I thought its tricky but then it was not :) Finally, I got tricked upon :)


 


Warmly, KK....

Ramana_99

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:04

Hi KK,

 

What about other 3 answers ? Are they correct or not ?

 

Regards,

Ramana

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:16

Not all Ramana :)


 


Let few others pitch in first.


 


Warmly, KK....

karthik21

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:20

1.B
2.B
3.D

4.D 

karthik21

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:24

 Regarding question 4, i have the same question in a couple of sample exams and found a few which metioned "Weak MatriX" and others which metioned"Functional"

I feel either  "A" and "D" could be right. 

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:30

Yes, understandable Karthik.


 


Same happened to me as well. Many places I have seen answers as Functional and many as Weak Matrix, so I felt functional should be the right answer.


 


Warmly, KK....

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:26

Hi Karthik,


 


You are, sadly, all WRONG. You are wrong even when we (Ramana and I) had discussed on the question on Weak Matrix and Functional :)


 


Let my PG (Political Guru) respected Pawarji Sir come in with his answers and bang will I reply, provided am available.


 


Warmly, KK :) :) :)

RaviDatt

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 12:14

C


D


A


A

Jay22

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 12:22

C, D, A, A?

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:11

Hi Ravi, Karthik, Ramana, Jay and all,


 


Why do you guys think Economical constraint is not always a constraint?


 


Economical condition is ALWAYS a constraint. ALWAYS.


 


Warmly, KK...

Jay22

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:12

I wouldn't have thought it's a typical constraint on personnal options.

What's the right answer then, D?

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:21

And why do you think Economic Condition is not a constraint Jay? Isn't economical slowdown a reason that you need to think a lot before you hire resources or the company's economy itself, for that matter.


 


In today's virtual team world, physical location is not a typical constraint. Yes, "D" is true. On others you/rest are doing good.


 


Warmly, KK...


 


 

RaviDatt

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:32

For PMP exam it could be a true and right answer.


But personally I do not agree why Physical Location is not a constraint. It might not be constraint for a particular industry or industries but for some others it is very much a constraint. Let us suppose you are member of a team working on Delhi Metro project. Can you work from your home or remotly?  No, you can't you have to be physically present at site.


What you guys think?


 

Jay22

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:37

I agree, Ravi. That's exactly what I thought.

Jay22

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:37

I didn't say it won't be a constraint. It's certainly a constraint, but as I said, I wouldn't have thought it would be typical constraint on personnal options.

Also, I don't agree with the reasoning you gave. That would be valid for IT projects, but let's say there is a construction project (building a bridge, road etc.), the physical location would surely be a typical constraint for that.

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:44

Hi Ravi and Jay,


 


When you build a bridge, road or even in Delhi Metro, are all personnel supposed to be onsite all the time?


 


Can there be a reduction in personnel whose presence is not madatory, like engineers, QA-QC people et al.


 


If my company's economy is in shatters, would I not think a lot many times before hiring people or admistering resources? Cutting cost, as they say!


 


Warmly, KK...


 


 

Jay22

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:48

No, they're not. But physical location would surely be a more typical constraint on personal option than economic conditions.

RaviDatt

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:56

Ok,


but when you want those people onsite they should be present onsite. Its a constraint for the project and people working.  No option here. They can not work remotly forever.


In other case of IT, you still have the option of working remotly . If not 10/10 times but atleast 8 out of 10 times.

krantikumar50

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 13:59

Okay then Ravi, the ball is in our court. That is, do we want to follow PMI way or we start thinking through our way?


 


I am going PMI way and suggest others to follow suit. This will help us.


 


Warmly, KK...

RaviDatt

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 14:10

Hi KK,


True. Thats why I mentioned initially for exam it could be true.


PMBOK is final and personal exp does not matter :-) for PMP exam.


Thanks,


RD

Jay22

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 14:17

You got this question from a PMI resource? I highly doubt such an ambiguous question will appear in the exam anyway.