Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 9 and a late finish (LF) of day 19. What is the activity’s float?

1. 10
2. 6
3. 3
4. 19

Q3. The resource optimization technique during the Control Schedule process allows a project manager to:

1. Schedule training sessions for the project team members to optimize their performance.
2. Schedule activities considering both the resource availability and the project time.
3. Provide monetary incentives to project team members to boost their performance.
4. Allow overtime so that team members get motivated to work during nonworking hours.

Q4. A scope change is made on the project. You have determined the effect on the schedule, performed integrated change control, and adjusted the project baselines and the project management plan. What is the NEXT thing to do?

1. Look for impacts to cost
2. Notify stakeholders affected by the change.
3. Submit the change to the change control board for approval
4. Change the work breakdown structure.

Q5. Which of the following represents the estimated value of the work actually accomplished?

1. Earned value (EV)
2. Planned value (PV)
3. Actual cost (AC)
4. Cost variance (CV)

Q6. You are the Project Manager for the production of an exotic car. You have completed the Define Scope process for your project. Which of the following may be generated through this process?

1. Project scope statement, project charter
2. Project scope statement, updates to requirements traceability matrix
3. WBS, updates to requirements traceability matrix
4. Project scope statement, WBS

Q7. You have been appointed a project manager for ABC Inc. and are given a project. While in the planning stage, you find that your organization is lacking the skills and manpower to complete a part of the work and the scope is also unclear. You decide to contract this work to a third party. What kind of contract will you select in this case?

1. Cost reimbursable
2. Time & material
3. Fixed fee
4. PO

Q8. You are planning a project. The functional managers will not commit any particular people to your project, because it will not begin for a few months. All of the following methods could be used to handle this situation EXCEPT:

1. Use the average productivity factor for each department.
2. Use the average daily rate of the resource in each department times the number of resource needed of each resource type.
3. Use the results of the Delphi Technique for the number of hours.
4. Use the average probability of successful completion multiplied by the number of resource needed each day.

Q9. Robert’s project is a high-priority project for his organization. Project stakeholder engagement is crucial for the project’s success. Robert needs to discuss the project stakeholder engagement levels with his project team on a regular basis. Which of the following is the best platform where Robert can review this with his team?

1. Phase gates
2. Project status review meetings
3. Kill points
4. Information management system

Q10. Which of the following activities fall under the planning process group but not under project schedule management?

1. Estimating activity durations
2. Developing the Schedule Management Plan
3. Identification of various activities to produce the project deliverables
4. Developing a detailed description of the project and product being developed