Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. You are the project manager for Commodities, Inc. You are involved in a new project to create an internal website for the employees that will allow them to view events within the company. All of the following options listed are project constraints except:

1. The project must be completed by December 31 of the current year.
2. There is a budget of $75,000 for the project.
3. The navigation menu for the website must be on the top of the page.
4. Only three employees are available to work on the project.

Q3. “Do the work because I have been put in charge!” is an example of what type of power?

1. Formal
2. Penalty
3. Effective
4. Expert.

Q4. Which of the following enterprise environmental factors is not applicable to the Plan Resource Management process?

1. Organizational culture and structure
2. Existing resources, capabilities and competencies
3. Marketplace conditions
4. Lessons learned

Q5. The customer wants to make a change to the project scope. The BEST thing for the project manager to evaluate is the:

1. Effect of the change on scope management
2. Effect of the change on the project scope.
3. Effect of the change on the project schedule, cost, quality and risk.
4. Effect of the change on the project baselines.

Q6. In your weekly status reports, you report the earned value for the project. This information is essential for you and the stakeholders to gauge the progress of the project. What process group is the cost and schedule control part of?

1. Closing
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring and Controlling

Q7. During project planning, you estimate the time needed for each activity and then add the estimates to create the project estimate. You commit to completing the project by this date. What is wrong with this scenario?

1. The team did not create the estimate and estimating takes too long using that method
2. The team did not create the estimate and a network diagram was not used.
3. The estimate is too long and should be created by management
4. The project estimate should be the same as the customer’s required completion date

Q8. When managing a project, which of the following is the BEST order to deal with problems that arise?

1. Go to the team, go to management, go to resource managers.
2. Go to resource manager, go to management, go to the customer.
3. Handle it yourself, go to the customer, go to management.
4. Resolve the problem with resources you control, go to the resource manager, go to the customer.

Q9. An e-mail is forwarded to you highlighting conflict between two team members. Which conflict resolution technique would you use?

1. Forcing
2. Compromising
3. Avoiding
4. Confronting

Q10. There is a probability of 0.1 that a given risk will occur in a project. If it occurs, it will result in a loss of US $10,000. The insurance cost for this event is US $700, with a deductible amount of US $250. Should a rational project manager buy this insurance?

1. Yes, since $1,000 > $950.
2. Yes, since $1,000 > $700.
3. No, since the deductible amount changes the expected monetary value of the risk event.
4. No, since $1,250 > $1,000.