Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The X in the DfX can be:

1. Competing project constraints
2. Different aspects of product development
3. Design assumptions
4. Discretionary dependencies

Q3. Two people are in the process of estimating probabilities for each of their identified risks. Which step of risk management is this?

1. Identify Risks
2. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
3. Plan Risk Responses
4. Control Risks.

Q4. It is extremely important for a project manager to determine and map key stakeholder engagement levels early in the project. Which of the following statements support this claim:

1. Stakeholder engagement levels change during the lifecycle of the project
2. Stakeholder engagement throughout the lifecycle of the project is critical to project success
3. Leading stakeholders assume a supportive role during project execution
4. Development of the stakeholder assessment matrix is a mandatory PMBOK requirement

Q5. You are just starting on a project as project manager. The project sponsor asks you for weekly status updates by email and monthly project status meetings to review the project’s progress. These requirements are documented in the:

1. Scope statement
2. Communications management plan
3. Project charter
4. Organizational plan

Q6. Tom is managing a software development project. The buyer of the product is an external entity. During the project’s execution, Tom finds that a new operations manager was hired in the customer organization. The new manager is now a key stakeholder. Which of the following documents is least likely to be updated because of the addition of this new stakeholder?

1. Stakeholder register
2. Risk register
3. Stakeholder engagement plan
4. Issue log

Q7. Crashing is an effective schedule compression technique at times when a project is struggling behind schedule. However, increasing the number of resources to twice the original number of the resources does not always cut the time by half. This is due to:

1. Fast tracking the project
2. Risk mitigation due to crashing the project
3. The law of diminishing returns
4. Critical path analysis

Q8. You are the project level manager with several project activities underway. In the executing process group, you begin to become concerned about the accuracy of progress reports from the projects. What would BEST support your opinion that there is a problem?

1. Quality audits
2. Risk quantification reports
3. Regression analysis
4. Monte Carlo analysis

Q9. You provide a project cost estimate for the project to the project sponsor. He is unhappy with the estimate because he thinks the price should be lower. He asks you to cut 15 percent off the project estimate. What should you do?

1. Start the project and constantly look for cost savings
2. Tell the team members to cut 15 percent from their estimates
3. Inform the sponsor of the activities to be cut
4. Add additional resources with low hourly rates.

Q10. A project manager’s project has just been dropped to a lower priority on the list on his department’s prioritize projects. It would be BEST for the project manager to:

1. Let the customer know that the project schedule will need to slip.
2. Use some of the management reserve to accommodate the change.
3. Start cutting wok packages.
4. Gain more resources.