Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. During the completion of the project work, a project manager wants to ensure that the quality of the end product is acceptable. The BEST way to do this is by:

1. Checking quality against the standards set in the quality management plan
2. Identifying the quality standards you want the end product to meet
3. Performing cost-benefit analysis
4. Determining the cause of a problem using a fishbone diagram.

Q3. Stakeholder notifications must be archived for future reference. Whenever the Manage Communications process produces a stakeholder notification, the notification must be:

1. Updated to the organizational process assets
2. Updated to the project management plan
3. Updated to the project communications management plan
4. Updated to the stakeholder register

Q4. A project change management plan should be created during which process group?

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

Q5. Which of these is not a data gathering technique used in the Identify Risks process?

1. Interviewing
2. Checklists
3. Brainstorming
4. Delta technique

Q6. You need to shorten the duration of this project by five months. Included in your solution, based on the chart, would be to crash activity C. However, further analysis reveals that this activity has two days of float. What should you do?

1. Crash activities F and H
2. Crash activity D
3. Crash activities D and H
4. Crash activity
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Q7. The engineering resource group, a matrix organization of which a project manager’s project team is a part, has a policy of no salary bonuses for project work. The project manager’s current project has an aggressive timeline and a difficult technical obstacle to overcome. A new product offering is dependent on this project’s success in the current timeline. The project manager has heard grumbling from his team members about the fact that they cannot be rewarded for their effort. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

1. The project manager should determine whether other team members from another department can help with the project.
2. The project manager should talk to management to determine other rewards that can be given.
3. The project manager should negotiate a less aggressive schedule from the client.
4. The project manager should talk with the team about the importance of getting this done on time and explain the company policy.

Q8. You have been just assigned to take over a project from another project manager who is leaving the company. The previous project manager tells you that the project is on schedule, but only because he has constantly pushed the team to perform. What is the FIRST thing you should do as the new project manager?

1. Check risk status.
2. Check cost performance.
3. Determine a management strategy.
4. Tell the team your objectives.

Q9. The project manager controls the interfacing and overlapping areas of the organization’s procurement processes, along with the project schedule, with processes from this area:

1. Project Resource Management
2. Project Scope Management
3. Project Risk Management
4. Project Integration Management

Q10. Which of the following statements is correct?

1. A collection of unrelated programs can constitute a portfolio.
2. The scope of a portfolio is typically smaller than that of a program.
3. A program is a group of unrelated projects.
4. A program need not consist of projects.