Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. At a division project status meeting, all attendees receive a dashboard of cost metrics for each project, and each project manager is presenting the status of his or her project. The metrics for one project show a BAC of $1100, an EV of $998, and an EAC of $1099. However, the project manager is reporting an ETC of $354. What do you do?

1. Notify the appropriate management there is a calculation error
2. Do nothing
3. Advise the project manager to take the additional funds from her project contingency budget
4. Congratulate the project manager for being under budget

Q3. Anthony is currently managing a bridge construction project. The project is in the execution phase. During the planning phase of the project, Anthony developed a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan for the project. However, the frequency of plan review has not yet been defined. How often should Anthony review the stakeholder engagement plan?

1. On a monthly basis
2. The stakeholder engagement plan cannot be reviewed during the execution of the project.
3. On a weekly basis
4. On a regular basis; Anthony needs to decide the frequency.

Q4. A key output of Plan Resource Management is a list of project roles and responsibilities. What should this document include?

1. Work packages, Effort, Authority, Duties
2. Role, Responsibility, Authority, Risk
3. Role, Title, Resource Cost, Responsibility
4. Role, Authority, Responsibility, Competence

Q5. 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

Q6. Nancy's project is in execution. Nancy is currently planning to execute the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process. She has gathered the project documents such as the issue log, the change log, the stakeholder register, the lessons learned register and the necessary organizational process assets. Which of the following is a key input to this process that is still missing from this list?

1. Expert Judgment
2. Communication Skills
3. Change requests
4. Project Management Plan

Q7. You are the Project Manager for the production of an exotic car. You have completed the Define Scope process for your project. Which of the following may be generated through this process?

1. Project scope statement, project charter
2. Project scope statement, updates to requirements traceability matrix
3. WBS, updates to requirements traceability matrix
4. Project scope statement, WBS

Q8. A work authorization system can be used to:

1. Manage who does each activity
2. Manage when and in what sequence work is done
3. Manage when each activity is done
4. Manage who does each activity and when it is done.

Q9. The sponsor’s role on a project is BEST described as:

1. Helping to plan activities
2. Helping to prevent unnecessary changes to project objectives.
3. Identifying unnecessary project constraints
4. Helping to put the project management plan together.

Q10. During its first winter, a multi-year construction project experienced weather-related schedule delay that all the local parties involved described as typical for the area. What should the project manager do to integrate this information into the project schedule?

1. Lengthen the estimated activity duration for all activities to occur the following winter
2. Re-evaluate the schedule to determine the potential impact
3. Leave the current project schedule unchanged and work the issues as they arise next year
4. Make changes to the project management plan in order to maintain the current project schedule