Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Your project is delayed because of some regulatory issues and the client has asked you to stop the work until he gets government clearance. The project team members are afraid that the project may be terminated early and you may need to enter into the close project process. In which of the following cases will you not perform the close project or close phase process?

1. When the project is terminated due to cost overrun
2. When the project is terminated due to schedule overrun
3. The client decided to terminate the project
4. None of the above

Q3. One of the project objectives for your company was to acquire additional expertise completing a large scale design project. The project is mostly completed when your client terminates the contract. A change in their business means the work is no longer needed. What is the MOST effective thing to do?

1. Stop work immediately
2. Complete the project, but do not charge the client for the time
3. Tell the client that work will stop after it is completed
4. Move on to the Close Project or Phase process

Q4. Another project manager in your company is having difficulty managing his project. You have found that he has not used a project charter and that is probably the cause of the problem. How can you help?

1. Provide him with a copy of an article about project charters
2. Work with his boss to get him a mentor
3. Develop a draft project charter for his use.
4. Talk to him about his project and offer help in creating a project charter.

Q5. Which of the following is an example of a chart, used on agile projects, that tracks the work that remains to be completed in the iteration backlog?

1. Histogram
2. Control chart
3. Burndown chart
4. Scatter diagrams

Q6. The RACI chart is an example of a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM). The letters R and C in “RACI” stand for:

1. Responsible and consult
2. Resource and consultant
3. Responsible and categorize
4. Resource and consult

Q7. Allocating ownership of a risk to a third party who is best able to capture the opportunity is an example of ________ the risk.

1. Sharing
2. Enhancing
3. Exploiting
4. Accepting

Q8. A project manager is putting her project control system in place. After a few meetings with others, she realizes that there a few effective measures of progress that can be used on the project. If you were to advise her, what would be the BEST thing the project manager can plan to do the control the project?

1. Emphasize the creation of milestones.
2. Add more people to the project team to help control it.
3. Have meetings every week versus every month.
4. Break the project into phases.

Q9. Analogous Estimating is an estimation technique that uses the values of parameters such as scope, cost, budget, and duration from a previous similar activity as the basis of activity. It is frequently used for estimation when there is a limited amount of information about the project. This is a form of:

1. Gross value estimation
2. Function point estimation
3. Fixed point estimation
4. Precision Estimation

Q10. You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says “sellers to provide twenty (20) computers.” What should you do FIRST?

1. Issue a change order through the contract manager
2. Return the five extra computers
3. Make payment for the 25 computers
4. Call the seller and ask for clarification