In this article, I’m providing complete and accurate answers to the Module 1 quiz of Microsoft’s “Team Building and Leadership in Project Management” course. The answers cover the “Introduction to Team Building and Leadership” quiz, ensuring 100% correctness and covering all aspects of the course material. / Module Quiz: Introduction to Team Building and Leadership Answer Key

Module Quiz: Introduction to Team Building and Leadership Answer Key

Question 1)
The project’s marketing team must gather information about a wide-ranging and spread-out group of potential users for a new web app. What method should the project manager use to collect this data?

• Create focus groups
• Employ questionnaire
• Conduct interviews
• Benchmarking

Question 2)
You’re leading a project to create a new medical device, that needs special materials like polymers, sensors, and microchips. You’ve obtained the machinery to make the device, permission to start a testing facility, and arranged daily meetings to discuss progress. What have you achieved with these actions?

• Resource management plan
• Physical resource assignments
• Resource assignment matrix
• Resource histogram

Question 3)
ABC Inc. works in different areas, with each department using project management differently. For example, the marketing department uses project management part-time, but the product development department has full-time project managers. How much control they have over resources also varies by department. What kind of organizational structure does this describe?

• Hybrid
• Functional
• Projectized
• Weak matrix

Question 4)
In a construction project for a new community center, the project manager communicates with various stakeholders to ensure successful completion. Which of the following are considered supportive stakeholders in the construction project for the community center? Select all that apply.

• Local community residents
• Project team
• A competitor contractor
• Government officials

Question 5)
A project manager noticed that a key team member’s low morale was impacting the project’s progress and causing delays. After looking into it, they discovered the team member was demotivated because they were unclear about the criteria for their performance evaluations. What could the project manager have done beforehand to prevent this issue?

• Inform the team about incentives and rewards
• Define the team-building strategies
• Clearly explain the ground rules to the team members
• Share feedback and performance results

Question 6)
A project manager discovers that a team member keeps missing deadlines on a complicated project. What should they do first?

• Impose a penalty for each missed target and deadline
• Determine if the team member is involved in other projects.
• Seek assistance from the functional manager
• Discuss the issue with the team member and offer any assistance she might need

Question 7)
Which of the following is not an input in the knowledge management process?

• Knowledge management
• Lessons learned register
• Stakeholder register
• Project team assignments

Question 8)
A project is in the execution phase, and a sales manager makes commitments beyond the defined and agreed-upon scope of the project. The project manager needs support from a higher-ranking individual in the department. What project data should the project manager refer to for guidance?

• Communication management plan
• Stakeholder power-interest grid
• Resource breakdown structure
• Organizational process assets

Question 9)
The project team is considering adding two risk responses to the risk register. The first response meets two criteria while the second response meets four criteria but costs half of what the first criteria costs. What action is the project team least likely to take when selecting the risk response?

• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Data analysis and simulation
• Alternative analysis
• Cost-benefit analysis

Question 10)
A resource availability issue has caused a delay in the project deliverables which has put the project budget at risk. Which document should the project manager refer to for reviewing and updating the resources?

• Responsibility assignment matrix
• Work breakdown structure
• Resource breakdown structure
• Requirements traceability matrix

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Question 11)
A project manager and her team are working on a large-scale project involving hundreds of stakeholders. The team has used a wide range of requirements collection techniques. Which of the following techniques is used to organize requirements based on similarities?

• Mind mapping
• Affinity diagrams
• Context diagrams
• Delphi technique

Question 12)
As a project manager, when you need to get resources to achieve project goals, in which stage of project management do you usually do this?

• Executing
• Monitoring
• Planning
• Initiating

Question 13)
True or False: there is no difference between a strong matrix and a projectized organizational structure.

• True
• False

Question 14)
A project manager, working on a large project with multiple stakeholders, wants to know the preferred method of communication of a particular stakeholder. Where can they find this information?

• Stakeholders engagement matrix
• Human resource management plan
• Stakeholders management plan
• RACI chart

Question 15)
A team member presented the weekly progress report in a stakeholder meeting. After the meeting, the project manager received feedback from the stakeholders that the presentation was poorly prepared and wasn’t engaging. What should the project manager do?

• Send an email to the team member
• Discuss the issue with the team member
• Replace team member with another one for the upcoming presentation
• Prepare a formal written document.

Question 16)
A project manager has noticed that a team member is not meeting the project timeline. What is the first step they should take?

• Engage with the team member to determine the reason for behind the schedule
• Reassign the uncompleted work to another team member
• Arrange a team meeting to understand the importance of task completion better
• Implement a new project management software for better task tracking

Question 17)
The dynamics of the group decision-making approach involves three stages. Which stage of the approach is represented by diverse perspectives?

• Convergent thinking
• Divergent thinking
• Diverse perspectives are welcomed at any stage of the decision making process.
• Groan zone

Question 18)
Which of the following project documents are used as inputs for the acquire resources process? Select all that apply.

• Cost of resources
• Change requests
• Resource calendar
• The project schedule

Question 19)
A project manager, new to a product development project and a proponent of servant leadership, aims to introduce the Kanban methodology to her team, who is unfamiliar with it. What steps should the project manager take?

• Review kanban at retrospectives
• Encourage the team members to learn kanban on their own
• Discuss kanban during daily meetings
• Arrange a workshop about kanban for the team to attend

Question 20)
Which of the statements about the acquire resources process is false?

• Acquire resources process is done once on a project at the beginning to acquire team and human resources.
• Some team members can be pre-assigned to the project before the specific activities take place.
• Resources can be acquired throughout the project
• The project manager can consider the Acquisition of virtual teams depending on the project’s specific needs.