Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. How does time-boxing help minimize scope creep in agile projects?

1. It forces the team to create project WBS using the user stories.
2. It forces the sponsor to allocate a Scrum master who helps in eliminating scope creep.
3. It forces the team to process essential features first, then other features.
4. It forces the team to convert the user stories into epics.

Q3. During which stages of a project should the project manager be most active in managing project stakeholders’ needs and expectations?

1. Initiating and planning
2. Planning and executing
3. Executing and controlling
4. Controlling and closing

Q4. A project was awarded based on a competitive proposal. Management made a commitment that a few key team members would work on the project. When such assignments happen, they are:

1. Bargaining agreements
2. Schedule constraints
3. Assignment risk
4. Pre-assignments

Q5. A project manager says to a team member, “If you cannot complete this activity according to the quality standards you set in place, I will remove you from the team that is going Venezuela for the milestone party with the customer.” What form of power is the project manager using?

1. Reward power
2. Formal power
3. Penalty power
4. Referent power

Q6. A project manager completed the work package estimating process and then performed a Monte Carlo analysis to determine the amount of risk reserve needed on the project. Why is this incorrect?

1. The risks per work package have not been identified
2. The critical path was not calculated
3. The network diagram was not used
4. The schedule was not developed.

Q7. Maintaining good supplier relationships should be important to all project managers. A good buyer-seller relationship is a partnership that results in a win-win situation that nurtures both parties. Which of the following is both a short- and long-term benefit of treating a supplier with courtesy, honesty, and fairness?

1. There is no need to have formal contracts in place
2. Delivery of quality products and services at the best price
3. The buyer can delay the payments without jeopardizing the relationship
4. The supplier can charge a price higher than the market price

Q8. To demonstrate your product, you develop a small functional model of your real product and show to your stakeholders to get their feedback. This model is known as:

1. Simulation
2. Sampling
3. Prototype
4. None of the above

Q9. A project manager may use _________ to make sure the team members clearly know what work is included in each of their work packages.

1. The project scope statement
2. The product scope
3. A WBS dictionary
4. A schedule

Q10. You are managing a project with a large multinational staff. Susan, one of the engineers, was originally asked to deliver her part of the work on October 19. Due to a change in the critical path, her deliverable will be needed two days sooner. However, as the new deadline is still two weeks away and she is ahead of schedule, you are confident her delivery will be on time. During a staff meeting, you learn from John, her functional manager, that Susan celebrates a religious holiday on October 17. However, he also tells you that Susan is not particularly religious; if pushed a bit and offered some incentive, she may forego celebrating this holiday and come to work. What should you do?

1. Check whether one of her colleagues can share some of her workload this week
2. Increase her project incentive if she agrees to deliver her presentation on the 17th
3. Let the critical path remain the same
4. Ask her boss to ask her to skip the holiday