Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct has as its foundation four values identified by practitioners from the global project management community. They are:

1. Respect, fairness, transparency, and freedom
2. Responsibility, transparency, fairness, and honesty
3. Respect, freedom, honesty, and transparency
4. Responsibility, respect, fairness, and honesty

Q3. What is the difference between the Monitor and Control Project Work process and the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

1. The Monitor and Control Project Work and the Direct and Manage Project Work processes are the same.
2. The Monitor and Control Project Work process monitors the project performance while the Direct and Manage Project Work process is concerned with performing the activities to accomplish project requirements.
3. The Monitor and Control Project Work process is a sub-process of the Direct and Manage Project Work process.
4. There is no such thing as the Monitor and Control Project Work process.

Q4. Jane is worried about her project because many of her tasks are moving slowly, and two critical tasks may slip. She conducts a thorough resource analysis and finds out that there are five people who will be free next week. She would like to assign those people to finish her tasks early and prevent the project completion date from slipping. This is an example of:

1. Management reserves
2. Resource Leveling
3. Crashing
4. Fast tracking

Q5. In which project management process group is the project manager likely to do more directing?

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

Q6. Anna has recently taken over a project as the project manager. The project is early in the executing phase. Although all the key stakeholders signed off on the project scope statement, Anna learns that some of the key stakeholders do not fully understand the project scope. The stakeholders’ constant support is crucial for the success of the project. What must Anna do?

1. Email the copy of the scope management plan to the key project stakeholders
2. Don’t do anything since all the key project stakeholders signed the scope statement.
3. Email the copy of the scope statement to the key project stakeholders.
4. Conduct one-to-one meeting sessions with these key stakeholders to ensure they understand the project scope

Q7. The project has been going well when one of the suppliers informs you that, as they warned you during project planning, they will deliver your equipment two days late. At the same time, you get a call from a team member informing you that the critical path activity she is working on will take longer to complete than planned. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Use a contingency reserve for the first, and find out how much later the activity will be
2. Ask for a change order for each
3. Have both reviewed with the change control board
4. Find out why the activity was late 8

Q8. A project manager is finalizing a project that has had repeated problems with cost conformance. He is concerned about what management will say. Which of the following types of information would be BES for the project manager to use to evaluate performance?

1. The cost performance index (CPI)
2. A list of complaints from senior management
3. The last bar chart
4. The project budget 11

Q9. Miranda is an experienced project manager. As part of the Collect Requirements phase, she decides to use a group creativity technique. This technique is intended to enhance brainstorming with a voting process and can be used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. Which of the following will she likely use?

1. Normal group technique
2. Minimal group technique
3. Unanimous group technique
4. Nominal group technique

Q10. Which of the following should be avoided while applying logical relationships to project activities:

1. Applying the SS relationship with a lead
2. Applying the SS relationship with a lag
3. Applying the SF relationship
4. Applying multiple relationships between the same activities