# Test your knowledge: Acquiring the core skills of a successful project manager

1. **Which of the following is true of project managers’ experience? Select all that apply.**
    
    * <mark>They need to be familiar with project management tools</mark>
        
    * <mark>They need to know how to manage a budget</mark>
        
    * They need to be an expert in the project’s field
        
    * They need to have a lot of experience within the organization running the project
        
    * They need to have a lot of technical knowledge about the project
        
    * They need to know every single detail about the project at all times
        
2. **Which skill should a project manager use when dealing with change and ambiguity?**
    
    * Enabling decision-making
        
    * <mark>Flexibility</mark>
        
    * Escalating risks
        
    * Effective organizational skills
        
3. **Using tools such as a digital calendar and a spreadsheet to track team tasks is evidence of what project management skill?**
    
    * Enabling decision-making
        
    * Communicating and escalating
        
    * <mark>Effective organizational skills</mark>
        
    * Flexibility
        
4. **Which of the following flexible planning strategies can help a project manager during times of unpredictability?** Select all that apply.
    
    * <mark>Plan for risks and challenges.</mark>
        
    * <mark>Assess external constraints.</mark>
        
    * Rely on the knowledge of key stakeholders rather than trusting the expertise of team members.
        
    * <mark>Calculate float in the schedule.</mark>
        

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