Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The customer wants to expand the project scope after the project performance measurement baselines have been established. The customer will need to follow which procedures?

1. Scope control
2. Integrated change control
3. Integrated management
4. Document control

Q3. During the planning processes, activity G was estimated to take five days. Activity G is on the critical path. On day 2, it becomes clear that activity G will take 15 days, which will impact the imposed project end date. The project team meets to perform root cause analysis to identify the cause of the variance and to plan schedule recovery with activities performed later in the schedule. Which of the following should ALWAYS be of this kind of meeting?

1. Recommend corrective action
2. WBS updates
3. Activity list updates
4. Schedule updates

Q4. Scope decomposition involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller pieces to:

1. Improve the accuracy of estimates, define a baseline for performance and assist with responsibility assignments.
2. Provide more activities to assign to resources
3. Provide the project duration, provide project control, and assign control charts.
4. Assist in stakeholder assignment to project activities.

Q5. A project manager creates a component-specific tool to verify that a set of required steps has been performed. This tool is called a:

1. Risk Register
2. Assumptions log
3. Checklist
4. Plan-Do-Act-Check

Q6. Inputs to the Direct and Manage Project Work process include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Approved corrective actions
2. Project management plan
3. Implemented corrective actions
4. Defect repair orders

Q7. A project manager gathered data to perform earned value calculations on his project. He used the results to report to management that the project is under budget and on schedule. After reporting this information, he discovered that the base figures he used in the calculations were incorrect, as they came from an old copy o the project line which had not been updated. What should he do now?

1. He should contact management to make them aware of the error, give the correct information, and explain how he made the mistake
2. He should contact management and tell them to expect some changes in the next reporting period, and that things are starting to look gloomy
3. He should use the correct figures to calculate the information when it is time for the next report and ignore the fact the he reported incorrect information.
4. He should tell management that the data he received from team members was incorrect and thus the report was not accurate.

Q8. Identify stakeholders is a process where you identify stakeholders for your project. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this process?

1. This process happens throughout the project
2. This process happens in the planning phase
3. This process happens in the executing phase
4. This process is started only when the project charter is signed

Q9. A project manager is in the middle of the executing process of a very large construction project when he discovers that the time needed to complete the project is longer than the time available. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Cut product scope
2. Meet with the management and tell them that the required date cannot be met
3. Work overtime
4. Determine options for schedule compression and present management with his recommended option.

Q10. Caitlin’s project is behind schedule. She is planning to crash the project by allowing overtime to the project team. This approach can bring additional risks to the project. Which of the following is not a valid risk in this scenario:

1. The profit margin might decrease.
2. Risk of employee attrition might increase.
3. Risk of errors and/or rework might increase.
4. The project’s acceptance criteria might get updated.