Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Many quality problems plagued a project. The quality of the work products deviated considerably from specifications. The project manager decided to do a root cause analysis. What activities does a root cause analysis include?

1. Discovery of the underlying causes of a problem
2. Problem Identification and discovery of the underlying causes of a problem
3. Identification of a problem
4. Problem identification, discovery of the underlying causes of a problem, and development of preventive actions

Q3. Which of the following is NOT part of the Define Scope process?

1. Facilitated workshops
2. Identifying alternatives
3. Product analysis
4. Inspection 11

Q4. 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

Q5. A team member complains to the project manager that another team member has once again failed to provide necessary information. The project manager meets with both team members to uncover the reason for the problem. This is an example of:

1. Withdrawal
2. Confronting
3. Compromising
4. Smoothing.

Q6. You have been appointed a project manager for ABC Inc. and are given a project. While in the planning stage, you find that your organization is lacking the skills and manpower to complete a part of the work and the scope is also unclear. You decide to contract this work to a third party. What kind of contract will you select in this case?

1. Cost reimbursable
2. Time & material
3. Fixed fee
4. PO

Q7. You have been appointed as the manager of a new, large, and complex project. Because this project is business-critical and very visible, senior management has told you to analyze the project’s risks and prepare response strategies for them as soon as possible. The organization has risk management procedures that are seldom used or followed, and has had a history of handling risks badly. The project’s first milestone is in two weeks. In preparing the risk response plan, input from which of the following is generally LEAST important?

1. Key stakeholders
2. Project team members
3. Project sponsor
4. Individual responsible for risk management policies and templates.

Q8. You have just joined the project management office after five years of working on projects. One of the things you want to introduce to your company is the need to create and utilize WBSs. Some of the project managers are angry that you are asking them to do “extra work.” Which of the following would be the BEST thing you could tell the project managers to convince them to use WBSs?

1. Tell them it will prevent work from slipping through the cracks.
2. Tell them that it is not needed.
3. Tell them it is required only if the project involves contracts.
4. Tell them it is the only way to identify risks.

Q9. You are in the process of defining policies, procedures, and guidance to help you manage the project costs. In which process you are working?

1. Determine budget
2. Develop schedule
3. Control costs
4. Plan cost management

Q10. To reduce delivery delays and process downtime, your organization has recognized a need to replace their legacy manufacturing system with a modern software application. Your IT director anticipates a project to fulfill this business need; however, he warns that the new project’s budget cannot exceed $75,000 due to shortages in the department budget. He also indicates that no additional staff will be allocated to this project other than the existing IT staff. If you become the project manager, you would document these initial project conditions as:

1. Project assumptions
2. Business case
3. Project constraints
4. Enterprise environmental factors