Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager has just completed subjectively evaluating risks on the project. Which of the following is the MOST important output of this process?

1. Decrease in the risk ranking for the project
2. A determination of which risks to process further and which to simply document
3. Probabilistic analysis of the project and identification of risk triggers
4. Probability of achieving cost objectives.

Q3. Jim is managing a road network design project for a government agency. He is currently carrying out the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process for the project. Which of the following documents will provide the list of project stakeholders to Jim for this process?

1. Organizational process assets
2. Project management plan
3. Stakeholder register
4. Enterprise environmental factors

Q4. A project manager is trying to coordinate all the activities on the project and has determined the following: Activity A can start immediately and has an estimated duration of 1 week. Activity B can start after activity A is completed and has an estimated duration of 4 weeks. Activity C can start after activity B is completed and has an estimated duration of 5 weeks. Activity D can start after activity 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of 8 weeks. Both activities C and D must be completed before the end of the project. If there is an approved change to activity D and it now takes 10 weeks, what is the duration of the critical path?

1. 10 weeks
2. 11 weeks
3. 14 weeks
4. 8 weeks 70

Q5. Andy has just become the project manager of a multi-million-dollar construction project. Andy also has an approved project charter that authorizes him to apply organizational resources to the project. Now, Andy wants to take all key stakeholders onboard with the project charter. Where can Andy find a preliminary list of all key stakeholders?

1. Project charter
2. Stakeholder register
3. Project management plan
4. Risk register

Q6. The project has had a major defect, and the project manager has involved the project team and process engineers in analyzing the situation. Someone from the group says that the real fault is the age of the equipment. Another says it is the lack of material of the correct quality. To address the root of the problem, the project manager decides to use an Ishikawa diagram. Which of the following BEST describes the part of the quality management process in which the group is involved in this situation?

1. Quality analysis
2. Manage Quality
3. Perform Quality Control
4. Plan Quality.

Q7. Mark is managing a telecom network deployment project. The buyer of the telecom network is an external entity. Recently, the customer requested that all future project updates be posted to their information system automatically. In order to implement this, the project team needs to customize their project management information system so it can be integrated with the customer’s information system. This is a new customer requirement that was not a part of the original project’s scope. What should the project manager do?

1. Request that the customer terminate the current contract and award a new contract.
2. Ask the project team to customize the project management information system.
3. Ignore the request; this is outside the project’s scope.
4. Initiate the formal change control process.

Q8. If Project A has a net present value (NPV) of US $30,000 and project B has an NPV of US $50,000, what is the opportunity cost if project B is selected?

1. $23,000
2. $30,000
3. $20,000
4. $50,000

Q9. The agile technique of on-demand scheduling is not suitable when:

1. Product deliverables can be incrementally developed.
2. Project requirements can be decomposed into smaller chunks that are relatively similar in size and scope.
3. Project tasks can be bundled by size and scope.
4. The use of a predictive lifecycle is mandated by the customer.

Q10. A project manager new to project management is taking on a new project. When is the BEST time to help build the people working on the project into a team?

1. During project initiating
2. Before committing to a project cost estimate
3. Throughout the project
4. During project planning