Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. Which of the following gives you the cost estimate of your project if you continue to perform with the same cost performance?

1. ETC
2. VAC
3. EAC
4. BAC

Q3. In a project that was yet to begin, many of the project team members were known in advance. This is:

1. Proactive planning
2. Skill matching
3. Pre-assignment
4. Staffing assignment

Q4. A project manager has run into cost difficulties. The project scope must be completed, but at less cost. The project manager should:

1. Change the depreciation method for the equipment used on the project.
2. Perform a value analysis
3. Evaluate benefit cost ratios
4. Recover some sunk costs.

Q5. The business case documents the business need and the cost benefit analysis that justify the project. The summary of how the project has achieved the business needs identified in the business case is document in the:

1. Project charter
2. Project WBS
3. Project Scope Statement
4. Project final report

Q6. You publish some informative notes on the company’s web portal and ask stakeholders to review it. What kind of communication method is this?

1. Pull
2. Push
3. Interactive
4. None of the above

Q7. Upon obtaining the project charter, the Project Manager of a project starts acquiring the project team immediately. Is this correct?

1. Yes. Acquisition of the project team is primarily an Initiating Process Group activity.
2. Yes. The project manager needs to get the team together as soon as the project starts.
3. No. It is the responsibility of the project sponsor to provide the team for execution.
4. No. Acquisition of the project team is primarily an Executing Process Group activity.

Q8. A project manager has to resolve two problems. Both problems can occur in a single trial. In this situation, what is the BEST action the project manager can take?

1. Develop a solution for each problem.
2. Develop a solution that solves both problems.
3. Use a statistically independent trial
4. No solution is needed; the two problems cancel each other out.

Q9. In complex and high value projects, which of the following activities will typically be performed by a business analyst prior to the project initiation?

1. Define project scope and develop WBS
2. Finalize the project scope statement and the WBS dictionary
3. Establish the project’s scope baseline
4. Determine problems, identify business needs and viable solutions

Q10. In a small office construction project, the following activities are scheduled in sequence. i) Digging and pouring footings: five days. ii) Working on the slab and pouring: three days. iii) Framing the floor: five days. iv) Wall framing: four days. v) Roof framing: six days. vi) Insulation and drywall: seven days. vii) Interior doors and trim: three days. viii) Hardware and fixtures: two days. What is the minimum time to complete the project if all activities are on a critical path except activity viii, and activity iii is delayed by one day?

1. 32 days
2. 33 days
3. 34 days
4. 35 days