Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Projects, portfolios, and programs are different entities in an organization. Which of the following choices states a correct relationship between them?

1. A portfolio consists of a collection of projects or programs that are grouped together to achieve strategic business objectives. The projects or programs need not be directly related.
2. A project is a collection of programs and portfolios that are grouped together to achieve the project objectives.
3. A program consists of a collection of projects or portfolios that are grouped together to achieve strategic business objectives.
4. A program is a collection of projects that are grouped together for convenience. It may include unrelated work if the work is under the same business division.

Q3. Which of the following is a set of technical guidelines that may be applied during the design of a product for the optimization of a specific aspect of the design?

1. Scope creeping
2. Rolling-wave planning
3. Design for X
4. Scrum master

Q4. A cost performance plan contains a description of:

1. The project costs.
2. How resources are allocated.
3. The budgets and how they were calculated.
4. The WBS level at which earned value will be calculated.

Q5. A control chart helps the project manager to:

1. Focus on the most critical issues to improve quality.
2. Focus on stimulating thinking.
3. Explore a desired future outcome.
4. Determine if a process is functioning within set limits.

Q6. Chris is managing a construction project. The project team is currently developing the “as built” construction drawings to be supplied to the client as required by the contract. Which of the following phases is Chris’ project most likely in?

1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Closing
4. Executing

Q7. A project team is worried that the integration of the components of the project will result in uncovering flaws. Instead of continuing their work, they are constantly looking for flaws to try to prevent their system from being the only one found o have flaws during integration. Quality and technical experts were called in to advise and found little possibility of errors for this project. An agreement was reached by all parties on what will be done to prevent errors. It might be BEST for the project manager to:

1. Smooth the situation
2. Compromise the situation
3. Tell the team to create quality testing plans
4. Let management know of the concern.

Q8. Co-location can help with:

1. Bringing customers together
2. Building a team
3. Decreasing project rental costs
4. Decreasing project time.

Q9. A project involved development of a high-speed, hard disk drive. As part of its testing, the hard disk was subjected to continuous operation at a high speed and an elevated temperature. At the end of the test, the hard disk was destroyed beyond use. The cost of such testing is usually classified as:

1. Appraisal costs
2. Internal failure costs
3. Cost of nonconformance
4. Prevention costs

Q10. Which of the following quality control tools and techniques may not be used for root cause analysis?

1. Fishbone diagram
2. Scatter diagram
3. Ishikawa diagram
4. Cause-and-effect diagram