Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Company A is developing a project similar to one it delivered nearly 12 months earlier. What is the MOST likely approach to defining project activities?

1. Review organizational process assets
2. Add similar, if not the same, skill sets to the project team
3. Gather the team for a brainstorming session
4. Hire a third party expert to avoid mistakes that were encountered during previous projects.

Q3. It is the middle of the project when the project manager is informed by her scheduler that the project control limits are secure. That same morning she receives a note from a team member about a problem he is having. The note says, “This activity is driving me crazy and the manager of the accounting department won’t help me until the activity’s float is in jeopardy.” In addition, the project manager has e-mails, a team member walks in to the project manager’s office to tell her that a corrective action was implemented by a team member from the project management office, but was not documented. What should the project manager do NEXT?

1. Add the implemented corrective action to the historical records, discuss the value documentation at the next team meeting, and smooth the team member with the accounting department problem.
2. Report the documentation violation to the project management office, evaluate the security of the control limits, and review the e-mailing rules in the communications management plan
3. Clarify the reasoning behind documentation being a problem, get the accounting department to assist the team member, and respond to the minor stakeholder
4. Find out who caused the problem with the accounting department, respond to the minor stakeholder before responding to the other emails, and review the process listed in the communications plan for reporting concerns with the team member having the documentation problem.

Q4. Project risks should be identified by:

1. Those invited to the risk identification process only
2. Key project stakeholders only
3. The project manager only
4. All project personnel

Q5. Increasing the number of resources in order to crash a project schedule does not always cut the time by the same factor. In worst cases, too many resources assigned to an activity may actually increase the activity duration. This is because:

1. Decrease in cost budget
2. Required additional coordination
3. Funding limit reconciliation
4. Additional risk introduced due to crashing

Q6. After a great deal of effort, the project team has finally determined the specifications for a major scope change to the project. In light of this, what should the project manager do FIRST?

1. Look for other changes
2. Notify the stakeholders about the new scope
3. Gain sign-off on this change
4. Calculate the risks associated with this change

Q7. In which part of the cost management process is earned value (EV) used?

1. Performance measurement analysis and variance management
2. Forecasting and project performance reviews.
3. Creating the cost baseline and the cost control system
4. Reserve analysis and cost aggregation

Q8. All of the following relate to controlling the schedule EXCEPT:

1. Value analysis
2. Crashing
3. Float
4. Mandatory dependencies 66

Q9. An activity needs more time because an identified risk has occurred. The project manager determines that there is enough reserve to accommodate the change. Who needs to approve the change?

1. Management
2. Project manager
3. Team member
4. Functional manager

Q10. A project manager is spending most of the project funding in the current phase of the project. The manager is also managing various resources in the project. What is the stakeholder influence on the project now compared to earlier phases?

1. Cannot be determined
2. More
3. Less
4. Same