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On Friday March 25, 2011 we will be launching a new PMP Exam Simulator at http://www.pm-exam-simulator.com. You can receive 20% discount if you sign up to our launch newsletter ------------------------------ PMBOK Section: Plan Communications Process Group: Planning Process Group Question Type: Calculation Knowledge Area: Communications Management DifficultyLevel:Hard Question: "You are managing a telecom project. You have got two teams reporting to you. One team is responsible for equipment installation and the other team is responsible to commission and test that equipment. Both teams are working in parallel such that as soon as the installation teams finishes equipment installation at one site they move on to another site for installations and the commissioning and testing team start their activities on the newly installed site. The reporting structure is such that each of the teams have 5 engineers headed by a team lead. Each team member interacts with each other, however only the team leads interact with you. Both the team leads also interact with each other to synchronize their operations. How many communication channels do you have in your project?" A. 33 B. 23 C. 42 D. 78 Hint: Calculate communication channels for each team and add them together Reference: PMBOK4 pg:253 Explanation: This was a hard question, wasn't it? Lets analyze the scenario to calculate the answer. Here we have two independent teams. Each team has 6 members, i.e., 5 engineers and one team lead. Each team member is interacting with each other, so communication channels for each team are (6)(6-1)/2=15. Both the team leads are communicating with you so there are two communication channels for this interaction. Further since both the team leads are interacting with each other there is an another communication channel between them. Hence the total communication channels in your project is 15+15+2+1=33. ------------------------------ All our free questions are updated to the latest PMBOK® Guide standard. Stop by at http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com to receive the questions via email. We are a PMI Registered Education Provider. Until next time, Cornelius Fichtner, PMP The Project Management PrepCast™ - http://www.project-management-prepcast.com The Project Management Podcast™ - http://www.project-management-podcast.com Choice A is the only correct answer to this question. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "project managment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/project-managment?hl=en.
