Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Your project is complete and the product is ready to be delivered. The client inspects the deliverable and accepts it. What process is this?

1. Close procurement
2. Close project
3. Validate scope
4. Verify scope

Q3. All of the following are inputs to the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Work breakdown structure
2. Project scope statement
3. WBS dictionary
4. Inspection

Q4. A project to design and build a new aircraft is cancelled after the project has been underway for some time. What process is employed to document what work was done and to what extent it was completed?

1. Validate Scope
2. Control Scope
3. Control Quality
4. Close Project or Phase

Q5. Visiting a construction site to ensure the completed work is the same work specified in the requirements is:

1. Milestone
2. Scope validation
3. Variance Analysis
4. Requirements traceability

Q6. In planning your project, which would generally have the highest priority; quality, cost, or schedule?

1. Cost is most important, quality next, and then schedule
2. Quality is more important than cost or schedule
3. Schedule is most important, quality next, and then cost
4. It should be decided for each project.

Q7. Two of your expert team members have been in a heated argument over the use of a new software product for your research project. Recently, you noticed that the argument, instead of increasing creativity, is causing conflict between the team members. To prevent the conflict from escalating, you want to resolve it by open dialogue and evaluating alternatives. All the following statements about conflict are false except:

1. Scarce resources cannot be a source of a conflict.
2. Conflict is inevitable in a project environment.
3. Personal work style cannot be a source of a conflict.
4. Reducing the amount of conflict is not desirable.

Q8. Which of the following inaccurately describes a prototype?

1. A prototype is tangible and allows stakeholders to fine-tune their expectations.
2. Requirements from a prototype are usually insufficient to move to the design phase.
3. Prototypes support the concept of progressive elaboration.
4. A prototype is a working model of the expected product.

Q9. Which of the following is the BEST way to describe the outputs of the Identify Risks process?

1. A list of risks
2. A list of triggers
3. A list of the risk response owners
4. An understanding of the project risks

Q10. You have taken over a project from another manager who left the firm. This is a functional organization and the different units are often rather hostile to each other. The project is a large one involving activities that the organization has never done before. You find that the project has what appear to be adequate documentations, including an agreed-to project charter, project management plan, WBS, etc. The project is on schedule and within budget. However, the atmosphere in meetings with the project members often seems tense, and offhand comments made by participants seem to indicate a high level of dissatisfaction with the project. You review all of the major project documents with the key stakeholders and get agreement that they are still accurate, but this does not seem to solve the problem. What is the MOST likely explanation for this situation?

1. There are personality conflicts amount the project team members that you need to uncover and resolve.
2. The project does not have an effective sponsor and thus is not viewed as a high priority.
3. Stakeholders have very different expectations about what the project is supposed to accomplish.
4. The organizational structure and dynamics prevent people from working together effectively.