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Professional in Project Management (PPM) Questions 226–230 (page: 47)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

All of the following may hinder a person's ability to transmit/receive a message except:

  1. Preoccupation
  2. Assuming
  3. Unfamiliarity with topic
  4. Noise
  5. Withholding information

Answer(s): C



The Communications Management Plan should contain the following:

  1. Selection of appropriate media to meet specific needs
  2. Communications policy
  3. All of the other alternatives apply
  4. Communications media
  5. Reporting channels

Answer(s): C



A project manager believes that the best way to manage is to form a good, harmonious working relationship with the team, and high performance will follow. The project manager could be defined as a _____ manager.

  1. 1,9
  2. 9,1
  3. 1,1
  4. 9,9
  5. 5,5

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Four types of project leader that are considered best suited to different project circumstances are, imaginative Explorer (9,9), assertive Driver (9,1), catalyst Coordinator (5,5) and Professional Administrator (1,9) are placed in four quadrants of Focus (X) and Approach (Y) axis of General Personality Characteristics Grid. These values of (9,9), (9,1), (1,9) and (5,5) are Blake-Mouton Grid descriptions. (Refer to http://www.maxwideman.com/papers/profiles/general.htm) (1,9) represents Administrator who believes in forming a good, harmonious working relationship with the team. Administrator recognizes the need for stability, typically in order to optimize productivity through maximizing repetition to the extent possible on a project and to get the work finished. Often, requisite information must be assembled and carefully analyzed, with thought given to the trade-offs and how conflicts and problems can be resolved and disposed of in advance.
Work must be carefully scheduled and procedurized if potential gains are to be realized and "all the pieces are to be carefully put in place".So, Answer A (1,9) the Administrator manager.



Which involves estimating the cost of individual work items:

  1. Analogous estimating
  2. Bottom up estimating
  3. Computerized
  4. Square foot

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Bottom-up estimating: Estimating the cost of individual work items and then rolling up the costs to arrive at a project total , more accurate



You are a project manager for the Swirling Seas Cruises food division. You're considering two different projects regarding food services on the cruise lines. The initial cost of Project Fish'n for Chips will be $800,000, with expected cash inflows of $300,000 per quarter. Project Picnic's payback period is six months.
Which project should you recommend?

  1. ProjectFish'n for Chips, because the costs on Project Picnic are unknown.
  2. Project Picnic, because ProjectFish'n for Chips' payback period is two months longer than Project Picnic's.
  3. Project Picnic, because ProjectFish'n for Chips' payback period is four months longer than Project Picnic's.
  4. ProjectFish'n for Chips, because its payback period is two months shorter than Project Picnic's.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The payback period for Project Fish'n for Chips is eight months. This project will receive $300,000 every three months, or $100,000 per month. The $800,000 will be paid back in eight months.



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