Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. In projects following adaptive lifecycles, what are the two critical components of iterative scheduling with a product backlog?

1. User epics and time-bound accepted deliverables
2. User stories and time-boxed periods of work
3. Work packages and critical path
4. Scope management plan and a detailed WBS

Q3. A project manager for a small construction company has a project hat was budgeted for US $130,000 over a six-week period. According to her schedule, the project should have cost US $60,000 to date. However, it has cost US 90,000 to date. The project is also behind schedule, because the original estimates were not accurate. Who has the PRIMARY responsibility to solve this problem?

1. Project manager
2. Senior management
3. Project sponsor
4. Manager of the project management office

Q4. The BEST description of costs that change with the amount of production is:

1. Variable costs
2. Fixed costs
3. Direct costs
4. Sunk costs 24

Q5. Stanley's project is in execution. Stanley has a monthly stakeholder update meeting scheduled in which he presents the project's progress and current issues to the key stakeholders. During the last stakeholder update meeting, the stakeholders requested Stanley to provide bi-weekly project updates instead of monthly updates. The communication management plan has been broadly framed, and it does not restrict Stanley from doing bi-weekly updates. What should Stanley do?

1. Start providing bi-weekly updates instead of monthly updates
2. Update the communication management plan prior to providing the biweekly updates
3. Disregard the stakeholders' request and continue with the monthly updates
4. Request that the stakeholders submit a change request

Q6. Linear programming is an example of what type of project selection criteria?

1. Constrained optimization
2. Comparative approach
3. Benefit measurement
4. Impact analysis

Q7. George is managing a telecommunication network deployment project. Most of the key project stakeholders are happy with the project so far. However, George has some potential concerns that might become issues in the near future. The next project status update meeting with the key stakeholders is the next day. What should George do?

1. Wait until the concerns become issues
2. Discuss these concerns with the key stakeholders
3. Do not report the concerns in the next meeting but try to mitigate these concerns
4. Briefly discuss these concerns in the next meeting but do not make them look significant

Q8. A team member notifies you, after the fact, that she has added extra functionality to the project. There was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be done as a result of this change?

1. Inform the customer
2. Make sure marketing is aware of the change
3. Understand what functionality was added
4. Implement change control processes to track the change

Q9. You are the project manager for a new international project, and your project team includes people from four countries. Most of the team members have not worked on similar projects before, but the project has strong support from senior management. What is the BEST thing to do to ensure that cultural differences do not interfere with the project?

1. Spend a little more time creating the work breakdown structure and making sure it is complete
2. As the project manager, make sure you choose your words carefully whenever you communicate
3. Ask one person at each team meeting to describe something unique about their culture.
4. Carefully encode all the project manager’s communications.

Q10. Your project is nearing completion, but a previously unidentified risk has arisen, and it could significantly affect one of the project deliverables. What do you do?

1. Transfer the risk
2. Develop a risk mitigation plan
3. Include the issue in the project risk log
4. Notify the project stakeholders immediately