Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A stakeholder wants to make a change to the work breakdown structure that does NOT affect the time or cost of the project. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Tell the stakeholder that this change cannot be made without revising the project management plan.
2. Make the change.
3. Meet with management.
4. Look for other impacts on the project.

Q3. Near the end of your last project, additional requirements were demanded by a group of stakeholders when they learned they would be affected by your project. This became a problem because you had not included the time or cost in the project management plan for these requirements. What is the BEST thing you can do to prevent such a problem on future projects?

1. Review the WBS dictionary more thoroughly, looking for incomplete descriptions.
2. Review the project charter more thoroughly, examining the business case for “holes.”
3. Do a more thorough job of procurement planning.
4. Pay more attention to stakeholder management.

Q4. During a project team meeting, a team member suggests an enhancement to the scope that is beyond the scope of the project charter. The project manager points out that the team needs to concentrate on completing all the work and only the work required. This is an example of:

1. Change management process
2. Scope management
3. Quality analysis
4. Scope decomposition 12

Q5. Which of the following statements regarding team-building is correct?

1. Team-building is essential during the middle of a project, and from there it is an ongoing process.
2. Team-building is essential during the end of a project, and it is a one-time process.
3. Team-building is essential during the end of a project, but it is an ongoing process.
4. Team-building is essential during the front end of a project, but it is an ongoing process.

Q6. You have a large, multi-year project. Because of the large scope and duration, you decide that you will plan near term work in detail, and for the rest, you will make a high-level plan. Once you move ahead you will plan, in detail, for that work. This is an example of:

1. Rolling wave planning
2. Ball park planning
3. Near wave planning
4. Just in Time

Q7. What does benefit cost ratio (BCR) of 2.1 mean?

1. The costs are 2.1 times the benefits
2. The profit is 2.1 times the costs
3. The payback is 2.1 times the costs.
4. The cost is 2.1 times the profit

Q8. You have noticed that some of your team members are not attending meetings, a few are always late and are frequently disruptive. Therefore, to remove these issues you set guidelines and establish clear expectations regarding acceptable behavior by project team members. Who will be responsible for implementing these rules?

1. Project manager
2. Client
3. Management
4. All team members

Q9. Which of the following contains an item that is NOT an output of the Plan Procurements process?

1. Procurement management plan, procurement documents, procurement contract award
2. Procurement statement of work, procurement management plan, make-or-buy decisions
3. Requested changes, procurement management plan, source selection criteria
4. Make-or-buy decisions, procurement statement of work, change requests.

Q10. Analogous Cost Estimating is which of the following?

1. Uses statistical relationship between historical data and other variables
2. Generally less accurate
3. Bottom-up estimating
4. Generally accurate