Demonstrate an understanding of common problem-solving tools and techniques
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Demonstrate an understanding of common problem-solving tools and techniques
1Sergei Lindqvist is facilitating a project kickoff meeting at Ridgeline Consulting. What is the PRIM...Easy2What is the PRIMARY difference between a brainstorming session and a focus group?Easy3Amina Kessler holds daily standup meetings at Parallax Studios. After two weeks, she notices team me...Medium4Maryam Ashworth is leading a problem-solving session at Forgepoint Manufacturing to address recurrin...Medium5Camilo Sesay is planning problem-solving activities at Eastbound Logistics. Match each technique wit...Hard6Meera Menon at Sequoia Partners wants to gather diverse ideas from her project team to identify pote...Easy7During a project retrospective at Paragon Projects, Bjorn Obi notices that only three team members d...Hard8What is the PRIMARY purpose of a daily standup meeting in an agile project environment?Easy9Lena Popovic is planning to gather detailed customer feedback about a new product feature before fin...Medium10Wanjiku Morita at Maple Ridge Corp is selecting problem-solving tools for different project situatio...Medium11Thandi Iyer is facilitating a standup meeting for her project team at Wavelength Biotech. What is th...Easy12Felipe Ogawa conducted a brainstorming session at Warden Defense, but participants spent most of the...Hard13Isha Dlamini wants to gather diverse perspectives from potential users about a new product feature a...Medium14After a project meeting at Echelon Tech, Bohdan Obi reviews whether the agenda was followed and obje...Medium15Match each problem-solving tool or technique with its PRIMARY purpose.
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1. Brainstorming
2. F...Easy16Layla Blackwood is leading a project at Halcyon Networks and wants to generate creative solutions fo...Medium17What is the PRIMARY purpose of a standup meeting in project management?Easy18Chidi Navarro at Maple Ridge Corp conducted a two-hour meeting to review the project schedule. Five ...Medium19What is the PRIMARY difference between a brainstorming session and a focus group?Easy20Ren Cardenas is planning various meetings for a project at Crosswind Aviation. Match each meeting pu...Hard21Meera Hayashi at Vector Aerospace notices that team meetings consistently run over time, decisions a...Hard22What is the PRIMARY purpose of a focus group in project management?Easy23What is the main characteristic that distinguishes a standup meeting from other types of project mee...Easy24Nia Horvat at Quartile Advisory is leading a session to identify potential causes of recurring quali...Medium25Match each problem-solving technique on the left with its primary purpose on the right.
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1. B...Medium26Ezra Korhonen at Kilowatt Power notices that team meetings consistently run 30 minutes over schedule...Hard27Mio Popovic is leading a project at Forgepoint Manufacturing to redesign the customer onboarding pro...Medium28Isha Mwangi's software development team at Sequoia Partners holds a 15-minute meeting each morning w...Medium29What is the PRIMARY purpose of a focus group in project management?Easy30Match each problem-solving tool or technique with its PRIMARY purpose.
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1. Brainstorming
2. D...Easy31What is the PRIMARY purpose of a standup meeting in an agile project?Easy32Wanjiku Calloway is leading a project at Paragon Projects to redesign a customer portal. She needs t...Medium33Which statement BEST describes the difference between brainstorming and a focus group?Easy34Halima Menon facilitated a two-hour problem-solving meeting at Vector Aerospace to address recurring...Hard35Match each problem-solving technique on the left with its primary purpose on the right.
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1. B...Medium36A project manager wants to identify the root causes of a recurring defect in project deliverables. W...Easy37The 5 Whys technique is used in project management primarily to:Easy38A Pareto chart helps project managers by:Easy39Which problem-solving tool is used to generate a large number of ideas from a group of people in a s...Easy40A project team uses sticky notes to group related ideas into natural categories after a brainstormin...Easy41A flowchart is most useful in project management for:Easy42Which quality tool uses data points plotted over time to determine if a process is in statistical co...Easy43A check sheet in project quality management is primarily used to:Easy44During a project, the team identifies that deliverable defects are increasing. The project manager c...Medium45The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) differs from brainstorming primarily because it:Medium46A project manager uses the Delphi Technique to gather expert opinions. A key characteristic of this ...Medium47A scatter diagram is used in project quality management to:Medium48During a retrospective, a team uses force field analysis. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this tool?Medium49A project manager documents recurring issues in a centralized log that tracks the status, owner, and...Medium50Which statement BEST describes the purpose of a lessons learned register?Medium51A project manager notices that actual costs consistently exceed planned costs by 15% across multiple...Medium52A histogram showing defect frequency by type would be MOST useful when a project team wants to:Medium53During project execution, a team member reports a problem that is blocking their work. The project m...Medium54Benchmarking in project management involves:Medium55A project team is struggling to reach consensus on which of five proposed solutions to implement. Th...Medium56A project manager is investigating why a critical deliverable was late. The investigation reveals th...Hard57A project manager reviews quality data and notices that defect rates spike every Friday afternoon. A...Hard58A project manager wants to use a control chart to monitor a critical process. After plotting data, s...Hard59A project manager wants to understand how two variables — testing hours and defects found — are rela...Easy60Mind mapping is used in project problem-solving primarily to:Easy61Which of the following is a common output of a lessons learned session?Easy62A project team creates a diagram that shows the project's decision points, possible outcomes, and th...Medium63A project manager wants to identify all stakeholders' positions and concerns before addressing a com...Medium64What is the primary purpose of an issue log in a project?Easy65Variance analysis in project management compares:Easy66A project team uses SWOT analysis during problem-solving. The 'T' in SWOT stands for:Medium67Which statement about the relationship between the issue log and risk register is MOST accurate?Medium68A project manager is choosing between a control chart and a Pareto chart to present quality data to ...Hard69A project manager documents and communicates all actions taken to resolve project problems, includin...Easy70Which of the following is a key principle when facilitating a brainstorming session?Easy71A project manager observes that the same type of quality defect appears repeatedly across multiple d...Medium72During a team meeting, conflict arises because louder, more assertive members dominate idea generati...Medium73A project manager is analyzing a process that produces customer-facing reports. She creates a flowch...Hard74A project team creates a diagram that visually represents a complex central topic with branches radi...Easy75A project team wants to understand all possible solutions to a customer complaint before selecting o...Easy76A project manager conducts a retrospective after a failed quality inspection and documents the event...Medium77A project manager plots cost performance data on a control chart. She sees a data point that falls o...Medium78A project manager is tasked with reducing defects in a software development process. She has data on...Hard79Which statement about statistical sampling in quality management is MOST accurate?Easy80A project manager wants to understand the frequency distribution of defect severity across 300 quali...Easy81A project manager applies trend analysis to schedule performance data across six reporting periods. ...Medium82A project manager creates an affinity diagram after collecting feedback from 40 stakeholders on proj...Medium83The 'effect' in a cause-and-effect diagram refers to:Easy84Which of the following scenarios represents the MOST appropriate use of force field analysis?Medium85A project manager facilitates a lessons learned session at project close. Some team members resist s...Hard86Root cause analysis is BEST described as:Easy87A project team is about to implement a process improvement. Before making changes, they document the...Medium88A check sheet records the following defect tallies over one week: Installation Error (||||| ||||| ||...Easy89A project manager conducts problem-solving and is concerned that the team is addressing the wrong pr...Medium90A project manager applies the 80/20 rule and discovers that 3 out of 15 defect categories account fo...Hard91Which of the following is an example of using a problem-solving tool during project monitoring?Easy92A scatter diagram shows a strong positive correlation between the number of code review hours and th...Medium93A project team uses a structured problem-solving process. The FIRST step in most structured problem-...Easy94A project manager uses SWOT analysis during a project problem-solving session. Identified 'opportuni...Medium95During a lessons learned session, a team reveals that a key risk was never identified because team m...Hard96An issue log entry should include which of the following elements?Easy97After a quality problem is identified and resolved, a project manager updates both the issue log and...Medium98A project manager holds a retrospective meeting with the team. The PRIMARY goal of this meeting is t...Easy99A project team is using root cause analysis and identifies two contributing causes: (1) inadequate t...Medium100Which of the following statements about problem-solving tools is MOST accurate?Easy101A project manager is presenting quality improvement results to leadership. The team reduced defects ...Hard102A project manager finds that a team member's error caused a deliverable defect. Instead of blaming t...Easy103A project manager collects data on project defects using a check sheet and then transfers the data t...Medium104A project team generates 25 ideas during brainstorming. They then vote independently on the top 5. T...Easy105A project manager encounters a recurring problem that has been 'solved' three times but keeps return...Hard106A project manager is using a decision tree to evaluate two options for resolving a technical problem...Medium107When should a project manager consult the lessons learned register from previous projects?Easy108A project manager creates a cause-and-effect diagram and lists potential causes under the 'Methods' ...Medium
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