Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The client informs you that he noticed some parts of the work are not being completed by your team. You ensure him you will look into it and give a proper response after verifying the facts. Which document will you refer to verify it?

1. Scope statement
2. WBS dictionary
3. Schedule baseline
4. WBS

Q3. As the project manager, you are considering tools and techniques to help control changes to the project schedule. Which of the following would be acceptable options?

1. An online system that routes change requests to the appropriate levels for authorization
2. A paper form that requires a project stakeholder to submit the request in duplicate to the project manager for approval
3. A system that allows rapid approval of all submitted changes
4. An online system that routes changes manually to each required approver followed by impact analysis

Q4. A team member notifies you that she has added extra functionality to the project. She tells you there was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be done as a result of this change?

1. Implement change control processes to track the change
2. Understand what functionality was added
3. Instruct the team member to remove the extra functionality
4. Issue an approved change request

Q5. A project manager in a seller organization discovered that certain deliverables had been delivered to the buyer without undergoing proper testing. Recalling the deliverables will result in a cost overrun on the project. What should the project manager do in such a case?

1. Recall the deliverables even though there will be a cost overrun.
2. Terminate the project.
3. Approach management to obtain additional funding to handle the potential cost overrun.
4. Wait for the procuring organization to get back with their list of defects in the deliverables.

Q6. You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says “sellers to provide twenty (20) computers.” What should you do FIRST?

1. Issue a change order through the contract manager
2. Return the five extra computers
3. Make payment for the 25 computers
4. Call the seller and ask for clarification

Q7. If earned value (EV) = 35o, actual cost (AC) = 400, planned value ((PV) = 325, what is the cost variance (CV)?

1. 350
2. -75
3. 400
4. -50

Q8. A change control system should be created:

1. As needed on the project
2. By management
3. As a formal documented procedure
4. By the team 4

Q9. You have recently joined a new company as a project manager. While reviewing the procurement plans for a project you will be taking over, you see that the company is considering using one of the most expensive manufacturers to provide certain equipment required for the project. At your previous employer, you had used a different supplier for the same equipment and had paid significantly less. Without telling your boss, you now call that supplier for a quote. Have you violated the rule of keeping proprietary information confidential?

1. Maybe. You need to talk to your boss first.
2. No. There is no harm in sharing the information with your current employer, because you are no longer working for your old employer.
3. Yes. The supply source is proprietary information, and you should not contact the supplier.
4. You have not violated any rule.

Q10. Risk tolerances are determined in order to help:

1. The team rank the project risks
2. The project manager estimate the project
3. The team schedule the project
4. Management know how other managers will act on the project.