Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are the project manager on a project that has a total project float of negative 20. What should you do?

1. Use less experienced team members
2. Request an extension of the project due date
3. Acquire more resources for critical path activities
4. Fast track the project if overall project risk is already too high 38

Q3. Which of the following is needed to develop a project schedule?

1. Lessons learned
2. Network diagram
3. Completion of the Verify Scope process
4. Completion of the Control Schedule process

Q4. You are building a mansion that will have copper roofs. The duration of the project will be approximately three years. You have built into the contract that, as the price of copper increases, your price increases as a percentage of the cost of the copper. However, all other costs are fixed. This is an example of what type of contract?

1. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment
2. Fixed Price Incentive Fee
3. Unit Price
4. Time and Materials

Q5. All of the following are relevant for analyzing a cost overrun, EXCEPT:

1. Labor rates
2. Resources used
3. Communications management plan
4. Lag

Q6. During the middle of the project, things have been going well. The work authorization system has allowed people to know when to start work and the issue log has helped keep track of the stakeholders’ needs. The benefit cost ratio has been improving and the sponsor has expressed his appreciation for the team members’ efforts by hosting a milestone party for the team. The project manager gets a call from a team member saying that the results from the completion of their activity’s predecessor is two days late. Which of the following reasons would BEST describe why this occurred?

1. The project manager was focusing on the sponsor’s needs.
2. Functional management was not included in the communications management plan.
3. The successor activities should have been watched, not the predecessors.
4. The right people were not invited to the milestone party.

Q7. As project manager, you are unable to allocate as much time to interact with your stakeholders as you would like. Which of the following stakeholders will you make it a priority to get to know?

1. The stakeholder who is an expert on the product of the project, but is not interested in implementing it in his department.
2. The manager of the department that will use the product of the project. She is known to be resistant to change.
3. The project sponsor, with whom you have successfully worked on many projects.
4. The department employee who is unfamiliar with the product of the project, but open to the positive impacts he believes the product will have on his work environment.

Q8. You are an experienced project manager and have managed several data center migration projects. You are currently conducting training on the databases, spreadsheets, and management plans you will use during the lifecycle of the project. This training is a tool and technique in what process?

1. Manage Team
2. Acquire Resources
3. Develop Team
4. Control Quality

Q9. While visiting the country where a new branch office is being built, you are told that you must pay a US $5,000 fee to the government permit office to obtain the facility permit required by law to start construction. The construction company tells you this is standard practice and is required by law. What should you do?

1. Pay the fee
2. Refuse to pay the fee
3. Have the construction company pay the fee
4. Have the customer pay the fee

Q10. While you are in the execution phase of your project, management informs you that some ISO certified people are coming to your project to see if you’re complying with standards, policies, and procedure. This act is part of which of the following processes?

1. Quality control
2. Manage quality
3. Verify scope
4. Control scope