Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The project manager has just received a change from the customer that does not affect the project schedule and is easy to complete. What should the project manager do FIRST?

1. Make the change happen as soon as possible.
2. Contact the project sponsor for permission
3. Go to the change control board
4. Evaluate the impacts on other project constraints

Q3. A project team member tells you that she went to her project manager with a good idea for a useful change to the project. Instead of giving her approval to make the change, the project manager asked her to write a report describing the benefits of the change. What is the MOST appropriate advice for the situation?

1. The project manager is being unreasonable and should do that kind of work herself
2. Remind the project manager that the benefit cost analysis for the project was done during project planning
3. A project manager must be able to weigh the benefits of the change versus the costs and compare them to other possible changes. The team member should do what was asked.
4. The team member should do what was asked because this sort of information must be given to the project sponsor to make the change.

Q4. The project manager of a large construction project is responsible for ensuring that all changes to the building plans are approved and tracked before they are implemented. These activities form part of which process?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Configuration Management
3. Perform Integrated change control
4. Control Quality

Q5. During a project team meeting, a team member suggests an enhancement to the scope that is beyond the scope of the project charter. The project manager points out that the team needs to concentrate on completing all the work and only the work required. This is an example of:

1. Change management process
2. Scope management
3. Quality analysis
4. Scope decomposition 12

Q6. Activity attributes extend the description of the activity by identifying various components associated with the activity. Typically, how many attributes are associated with each activity?

1. They should be between five and ten.
2. The number of attributes varies by application area.
3. They should be fewer than five.
4. The number of attributes depends on the activity duration.

Q7. An output of the Close Project process is the creation of:

1. Project archives
2. A project charter
3. A project management plan
4. A risk analysis plan

Q8. Which of the following BEST describes the meaning of the 50/50 rule?

1. Grant 50 percent progress on an activity when it begins and 50 percent upon completion
2. 50 percent of the work is done by 50 percent of the people on the project
3. Identify 50 percent of risks before you start to develop responses.
4. The project is given credit for completing 50 percent of the work when it starts.

Q9. A project manager is trying to manage a complex project at a 6 sigma level with 5 people. The project manager decides to use a trend report because it will help him:

1. Evaluate earned value.
2. Examine project results over time
3. Analyze the level of project complexity.
4. Determine the level of quality.

Q10. The Cost of Quality principle includes:

1. The costs of ensuring conformance to requirements
2. The costs involved when changes are made to the requirements
3. The cost of deploying a project Configuration Management System
4. The costs associated with eliminating requirements