Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. During a project team meeting, a team member suggests an enhancement to the scope that is beyond the scope of the project charter. The project manager points out that the team needs to concentrate on completing all the work and only the work required. This is an example of:

1. Change management process
2. Scope management
3. Quality analysis
4. Scope decomposition 12

Q3. You are the project manager for a $3,000,000 product development project. Your project is well into the executing process group and remains on time, on budget and no specification. This morning your project sponsor called to express concern about he project. Based on the schedule baseline, the project should be nearing implementation, but the sponsor does not know the current status of the project. You remind the sponsor that your team produces a detailed status report weekly and distributes it via e-mail. The sponsor indicates that e-mail is too impersonal and verbal updates are preferred. This situation suggests problems with which of the follow project management processes?

1. Plan Communications
2. Distribute Information
3. Report Performance
4. Stakeholders Management

Q4. You are reviewing an old project file where you find a document which contains the project description, important requirements, milestones, and project budget. What document is it?

1. Scope statement
2. Project charter
3. Scope baseline
4. Procurement document

Q5. After one year of construction, an office building is scheduled for completion on 30 January. The landscaping work needs to start 15 days prior to the building’s completion. Which of the following relationships most likely represents the relationship of the start of landscaping work to the completion of the office building?

1. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lead
2. Start-to-finish with a 15-day lead
3. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lag
4. Start-to-finish with a 15-day lag

Q6. The authorized time phased budget which you use to monitor and control the cost of the project is known as:

1. Funding limit reconciliation
2. EAC
3. Cost baseline
4. Schedule baseline

Q7. Which of these is a valid negative risk response?

1. Exploit
2. Mitigate
3. Enhance
4. Share

Q8. When entering into procurement, it is BEST to assume there will be disputes about the performance of the work as specified, and to:

1. Include a procedure in the contract describing the means for dispute resolution
2. Track claims to ensure the best position during litigation
3. Make sure disputes are never brought to public knowledge
4. Include a change order provision in the contract.

Q9. PMBOK offers a number of tools and techniques for all the project management processes. These tools and techniques must be carefully applied in order to meet the objectives of any process. Which of the following is not a tool or technique of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process?

1. Expert judgment
2. Meetings
3. Decision-making
4. Interpersonal skills

Q10. You are using a technique involving the project’s risk and uncertainty to find the probability of completing the project under different situations. What process is this?

1. Estimate activity duration
2. Perform qualitative risk analysis
3. Develop schedule
4. Perform quantitative risk analysis