Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. When is Rolling Wave Planning useful in a project?

1. You should use Rolling Wave Planning to help you achieve the appropriate level of detail in each work package at the right time.
2. You should use Rolling Wave Planning to determine the correct sequencing for long-term items.
3. You should use Rolling Wave Planning to help you organize team members' activities within a large project group.
4. You should use Rolling Wave Planning to help you determine which activities are more important and to do them first.

Q3. A project manager discovers hat a work package has been completed for substantially less cost than planned. Which of the following is NOT among the first things to consider doing?

1. Make sure all project processes were followed.
2. Make sure the right resources were used
3. Make sure all the work was done
4. Identify ways to increase the result.

Q4. Bidder conferences can have a negative effect on the project if the project manager does NOT remember to make sure:

1. All questions are put in writing and sent to all sellers
2. All sellers get answers to their questions only
3. To hold separate meetings with each bidder to ensure you receive proprietary data.
4. There is room in the meeting for all sellers.

Q5. The testing results for a new computer modulation project indicate a problem with the on-board computer’s sensors. The project manager calls a meeting with the team to analyze the problem. The project manager is involved in:

1. Quality management
2. Manage Quality
3. Plan Quality
4. Perform Quality Control.

Q6. An estimate that is +/-50 percent of actual is considered a:

1. Budget estimate
2. Rough order of magnitude estimate
3. Definitive estimate
4. Parametric estimate.

Q7. All of the following are relevant for analyzing a cost overrun, EXCEPT:

1. Labor rates
2. Resources used
3. Communications management plan
4. Lag

Q8. Kevin is assigned to a software development project that will start in the near future and is currently tailoring the PMBOK processes to satisfy the project’s specific needs. Kevin wants to introduce a new process, “Identify Key Deliverables”, to the existing six project scope management processes. Although he understands that project deliverables identification is already in the PMBOK scope management processes, he believes that having a dedicated process will stress the importance of determining and agreeing to key project deliverables. The best position for the new “Identify Key Deliverables” process should be between which of the following two processes?

1. Define Scope and Create WBS
2. Create WBS and Validate Scope
3. Plan Scope Management and Collect Requirements
4. Collect Requirements and Define Scope

Q9. The CEO of the company has assigned a project manager to a project that the CEO has wanted to do for a long time. What should the project manager do FIRST?

1. Assist the CEO in putting together a benefit cost analysis to show the need for the project.
2. Work with the CEO to get buy-in from the other stakeholders
3. Produce a ranking of all feasible projects, including the assigned project, in a weighted scoring of decision variables.
4. Guide the creation of a project charter.

Q10. At which stage in a project should the project manager begin to develop effective stakeholder engagement strategies throughout the project lifecycle?

1. Initiating
2. Executing
3. Planning
4. Monitoring and Controlling