PM Test Center » communications http://pmtestcenter.com FREE daily project management test questions for PMP®, CAPM®, and Project+ exams! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Management skills http://pmtestcenter.com/management-skills?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=management-skills http://pmtestcenter.com/management-skills#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:01:19 +0000 Gabe Young http://pmtestcenter.com/?p=638

When managing stakeholder expectations, a project manager should apply management skills when appropriate. Which of the following is not a management skill?

A. Presentation skills
B. Negotiating
C. Overcoming resistance to change
D. Writing skills

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When managing stakeholder expectations, a project manager should apply interpersonal skills when appropriate. Which of the following is not an interpersonal skill?

A. Building trust
B. Resolving conflict
C. Active listening
D. Self-motivation

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]]> http://pmtestcenter.com/interpersonal-skills/feed 4 Distribute Information process http://pmtestcenter.com/distribute-information-process?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distribute-information-process http://pmtestcenter.com/distribute-information-process#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:01:34 +0000 Gabe Young http://pmtestcenter.com/?p=421

During the life cycle of a project, a project manager may distribute information using a wide range of tools. Which of the following is not one of them?

A. Sending a press release
B. Writing an email to a team member
C. Using project management software to schedule tasks
D. Watching an instructional video for your consumer

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You are in the initiating phase of the project. After the project charter is created, which of the following processes would you mostly likely work on next?

A. Collect Requirements
B. Acquire Project Team
C. Plan Communications
D. Identify Stakeholders

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Your project team currently consists of you and three others. If you add one more individual to the team, making a total of five people, how many more communication channels will you have?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 10

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Key components of a basic communication model are:

A. Encode, message and feedback-message, medium, noise, decode
B. Sender, message, receiver
C. Inputs, tools & techniques, outputs
D. Sender, encode, message and feedback-message, decode, receiver

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]]> http://pmtestcenter.com/communication-model/feed 4 Surprise! Project Managers may need management skills. http://pmtestcenter.com/surprise-project-managers-may-need-management-skills?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surprise-project-managers-may-need-management-skills http://pmtestcenter.com/surprise-project-managers-may-need-management-skills#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:01:22 +0000 Gabe Young http://pmtestcenter.com/?p=203

According to the PMBOK®, which of the following is not a management skill used by project managers for communicating?

A. Presentation skills
B. Resolving conflict
C. Negotiating
D. Writing skills

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Contracts should typically be communicated through:

A. Informal written
B. Informal verbal
C. Formal written
D. Formal verbal

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]]> http://pmtestcenter.com/contract-communications/feed 0 Forecasting – time series methods http://pmtestcenter.com/forecasting-time-series-methods?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forecasting-time-series-methods http://pmtestcenter.com/forecasting-time-series-methods#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:01:00 +0000 Gabe Young http://pmtestcenter.com/?p=958

As the project manager responsible for creating forecasts, you tend to utilize time series methods for predicting outcomes. Reports you typically use are:

A. Monte Carlo simulation, P&I matrix
B. Linear regression analysis, non-linear regression analysis
C. Probability estimates, Delphi method
D. Earned value, moving average

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