Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. All of the following are part of the Close Project or Phase process EXCEPT:

1. Collection of records
2. Analysis of project success and effectiveness
3. Coordinating the operations and maintenance phase of the project
4. Archiving project information

Q3. Which of the following is an output of the Define Activities process?

1. Milestone list
2. Project schedule activity diagrams
3. Resource calendar
4. Activity duration estimates

Q4. You are forming a virtual project team that includes members from four different countries around the world. What is NOT an obstacle you must overcome to build an effective team?

1. Different time zones
2. Communication issues
3. Cultural differences
4. Members wanting to work from home

Q5. The project charter for a project was approved for planning, and you have just been assigned as project manager. Realizing that project planning is an ongoing effort throughout the project, which processes are you MOST likely to combine?

1. Create WBS and Define Activities
2. Estimate Activity Durations and Develop Schedule
3. Plan Resource Management and Estimate Costs
4. Estimate Costs and Determine Budget

Q6. While preparing your risk responses, you identify additional risks. What should you do?

1. Add reserves to the project to accommodate the new risks and notify management.
2. Document the risk items and calculate the expected monetary value based on probability and impact that result from the occurrences.
3. Determine the risk events and the associated cost, and then add the cost to the project budget as a reserve.
4. Add a 10 percent contingency to the project budget and notify the customer.

Q7. Which of the following CANNOT be used as a tool in the Perform Quality Control process?

1. Pareto chart
2. Sampling
3. Work breakdown structure
4. Life cycle costing

Q8. You took over a project from an individual who was fired. You are reading the project documentation and find that five managers signed the project charter. What should be your primary concern at this time?

1. Determining reporting structure
2. Communicating in a matrix organization
3. Getting a single sponsor
4. Identifying who can represent the project for change control

Q9. A project manager ha a very large project budget, the team lacks experience and adequate management support. Under these circumstances, what is the MOST effective way to get the work completed?

1. Provide bonuses for meeting specific quality measures
2. Inform the team members that they will be fired if they do not perform
3. Spend some of the project budget taking the team member’s bosses to lunch and discuss the benefits of the project.
4. Inform the team they do not need to worry because the project manager will provide the technical expertise.

Q10. What does “resource leveling” mean in project management?

1. Shortening the time it takes to complete the project
2. Making the most efficient use of the available resources
3. Hiring contractors to fill in during “peak” times on the project schedule
4. Reducing the project costs