Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project team member has been having a big disagreement with another team member for over two months when the other team members become involved. The issues are complex, but you have specific experience in the area and know what needs to be done. The BEST choice would be to:

1. Make the decision yourself
2. Strive for fair resolution of the issue
3. Ask the other team members to stay out of the issue
4. Bring the team together and work out the issue to a win-win solution.

Q3. You are in the middle of a complex negotiation when the other party says, “We need to finish in one hour because I have to catch my plane.” That person is using which of the following negotiation strategies?

1. Good guy, bad guy
2. Delay
3. Deadline
4. Extreme demands.

Q4. An automotive designer uses a certain technique to determine which combination of suspension and tires will produce the most desirable ride characteristics at a reasonable cost. To do this, the designer employs a statistical framework and systematically changes all the important parameters instead of changing the factors one at a time. This method is known as:

1. Design of Experiments
2. Nominal Group Technique
3. Statistical Sampling
4. Force Field Analysis

Q5. During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the project scope. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the project charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do is to:

1. Let the sponsor know of the stakeholders’ request
2. Evaluate the impact of adding the scope
3. Tell the stakeholders the scope cannot be added
4. Add the work if there is time available in the project schedule

Q6. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 9 and a late finish (LF) of day 19. What is the duration of this activity?

1. 3
2. 6
3. 7
4. 10

Q7. Due to an improper cost management plan, you are over budget and a new estimate is required to complete the project. Management asks you what the new estimate for the project will be. Which of the following formulas is not used to find this new estimate?

1. BAC / CPI
2. AC + (BAC – PV)
3. AC + (BAC – EV)
4. AC + (BAC – EV) / (CPI * SPI)

Q8. A project manager is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network analysis. Which type of mathematical analysis is being used?

1. Critical path method
2. PERT
3. Monte Carlo
4. Resource leveling

Q9. Your vice president asked you what the Estimate at Completion (EAC) will be for a small project you are working on. You were given a budget of $30,000, and to date you have spent $20,000 but only completed $10,000 worth of work. You are sure the future work will be accomplished at the planned rate. What is the EAC?

1. $40,000
2. $30,000
3. $60,000
4. $10,000

Q10. Two team members are having a big disagreement over the type of computer hardware to use on the project. Who should resolve this dispute?

1. Two members and their project manager
2. Project manager
3. Management
4. System supervisor