Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The Cost Performance Baseline is a time-phased budget and is used as a basis to measure, monitor, and control overall cost performance of the project. It is usually displayed in the form of:

1. An S-curve
2. An inverted S-curve.
3. Pie-chart
4. A Z curve

Q3. The project status meeting is not going well. Everyone is talking at the same time, there are people who are not participating and many topics are being discussed at random. Which of the following rules for effective meetings is NOT being adhered to?

1. Demonstrate courtesy and consideration of each other, control who is allowed to speak.
2. Schedule meetings in advance.
3. Have a purpose for the meeting; with the right people in attendance.
4. Create and publish an agenda and a set of rules for controlling the meeting.

Q4. Which of the following processes are usually not performed continuously, but rather, performed periodically as needed:

1. Acquire Resources
2. Monitor Risks
3. Monitor Communications
4. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Q5. A company is attempting to select the BEST project from a list of possible choices. If the information they have includes the following benefit cost ratios, which project should they pick?

1. 2.2
2. 1.3
3. 0.8
4. 1.6

Q6. The outputs of the Define Activities process include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. All activities that will be performed on the project
2. A network diagram
3. Activity attributes
4. Milestone list

Q7. What is another name for the waiting time between two activities?

1. Free float
2. Total float
3. Lag
4. CPM

Q8. Miranda is an experienced project manager. As part of the Collect Requirements phase, she decides to use a group creativity technique. This technique is intended to enhance brainstorming with a voting process and can be used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. Which of the following will she likely use?

1. Normal group technique
2. Minimal group technique
3. Unanimous group technique
4. Nominal group technique

Q9. A project manager has run into cost difficulties. The project scope must be completed, but at less cost. The project manager should:

1. Change the depreciation method for the equipment used on the project.
2. Perform a value analysis
3. Evaluate benefit cost ratios
4. Recover some sunk costs.

Q10. You are trying to decide whether to lease or buy an item for your project. The daily lease cost is US $150. The investment cost to purchase the item is US $2,000, and the daily cost is US $50. In how many days will the lease cost be the same as the purchase cost?

1. 10
2. 15
3. 20
4. 25