Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. Your company is way behind schedule in the deployment of a government-mandated change to a health care processing system that must be in production by the end of the year. To meet the due date, you and your team have met and decided to hire an additional 50 programmers to work with the existing staff. This is an example of what?

1. Resource Leveling
2. Fast Tracking
3. Crashing
4. Risk Transference

Q3. Nate is the project manager for a research and development project. According to the project communication management plan, Nate has to call in weekly project progress update meetings. The last few meetings were a disaster since more time was spent in arguments and less on decisions. Which of the following techniques does Nate need to quickly acquire?

1. Presentation techniques
2. Listening techniques
3. Writing style
4. Meeting management techniques

Q4. In regards to WBS, which of the following is the correct way to decompose the project scope?

1. Total scope -> planning package -> control account -> work package
2. Total scope -> control account -> work package -> planning package
3. Total scope -> control account -> planning package -> work package
4. Total scope -> Work package -> control account -> planning package

Q5. Which of the following should be avoided while applying logical relationships to project activities:

1. Applying the SS relationship with a lead
2. Applying the SS relationship with a lag
3. Applying the SF relationship
4. Applying multiple relationships between the same activities

Q6. In addition to a project management plan, the project team must create plans for each component of the project. These plans are called:

1. Sub-plans
2. Process plans
3. Component plans
4. Management plans

Q7. Checklists, fishbone diagrams, and Pareto charts are ALL examples of:

1. Tools used to define scope
2. Tools used in quality management
3. Tools used in team performance assessments
4. Parts of a project management plan.

Q8. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role relating to changes?

1. Serve the customer and do what the customer wants.
2. Monitor and track changes to ensure they benefit the project.
3. Influence the factors that cause changes
4. Deny change requests whenever possible 9

Q9. You are working on a project to build a canal for irrigation purposes. Six months have passed, and now the team is working as a well-organized unit. Team members are interdependent, working smoothly, and working effectively. What team formation stage is this?

1. Performing
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Forming

Q10. You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says “sellers to provide twenty (20) computers.” What should you do FIRST?

1. Issue a change order through the contract manager
2. Return the five extra computers
3. Make payment for the 25 computers
4. Call the seller and ask for clarification