Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. How can changes be made to a project management plan once the project manager baselines it?

1. By generating a change request and having it approved through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
2. This is typically done by using a version control system. The project manager creates a new version with the changes and baselines it as the new baseline.
3. This is done by maintaining a revision history or log. The project manager documents the changes in detail and then baselines it.
4. A project management plan cannot be changed once it is baselined. An addendum has to be created to incorporate the changes.

Q3. The project cost and schedule for deliverables can be reasonably estimated at what level of the WBS?

1. The highest level
2. The middle level
3. The work package level
4. Both A and C

Q4. Mark is managing an airport construction project. He is currently identifying his project stakeholders, and he has compiled a long list of stakeholders already. Managing expectations of every project stakeholder is not practical. What should he do in this situation?

1. Project stakeholders should be prioritized based on their influence and interest.
2. Stakeholder analysis should be outsourced.
3. Non-key stakeholders should be dropped from the stakeholder register.
4. Stakeholder management processes should not be followed for such complex projects.

Q5. Which of the following is an output of the Create WBS process?

1. Scope baseline
2. Project scope statement
3. Decomposition
4. Requirements documentation

Q6. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the PMBOK processes that collects work performance data, converts it to work performance information, formats it into work performance reports, and distributes these reports?

1. Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Monitor Communications -> Manage Communications
2. Monitor Communications -> Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Manage Communications
3. Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor Communications -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Manage Communications
4. Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Manage Communications -> Monitor Communications

Q7. During the Identify Risks process, a project manager identifies a risk that, no matter what the company does, a dire could occur in the building during the test. It would be BEST to _____ the risk.

1. Deflect.
2. Accept
3. Avoid
4. Change

Q8. During the conceptual phase of a pipeline project, the project engineer estimates the following. The cost of the materials is most likely US $100,000, optimistically US $90,000, and pessimistically US $120,000. The cost for labor is most likely US $ 80,000, optimistically US $70,000, and pessimistically US $100,000. The cost for equipment is most likely US $60,000, optimistically US $50,000, and pessimistically US $70,000. The cost for construction management fees is most likely US $30,000, optimistically US $20,000, and pessimistically US $40,000. What is the probability of the project coming in under US $270,000?

1. Zero
2. Less than 50 percent
3. Exactly 50 percent
4. Over 50 percent

Q9. The buyer asks the project manager for the status of the project that his team is working on. What is the BEST way to determine the status of a project?

1. Compare the project performance against the project baselines
2. Compare the earned value to the planned value
3. Compare the project performance against the integrated change control plan.
4. Compare the number of people used on each work package to the planned number to be used.

Q10. A project manager is managing a research project. Typically, research projects are not clearly defined and involve a lot of uncertainty. The project has four phases in which a phase can only start when its previous phase is complete. What project lifecycle and phase-to-phase relationship should the project manager use for this project?

1. Predictive lifecycle with sequential phase to phase relationship
2. Iterative lifecycle with sequential phase to phase relationship
3. Predictive lifecycle with overlapping phase to phase relationship
4. Iterative lifecycle with overlapping phase to phase relationship