Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. As a project manager, you are presented with the following information on the paycheck period for several possible projects. Which project is your BEST choice?

1. Project A with a payback period of 6 months
2. Project B with a payback period of 9 months
3. Project C with a payback period of 12 months
4. Project D with a payback period of 18 months

Q3. The Cost Management Plan is an output of the Plan Cost Management process. This plan is then integrated with other project plans in which of these processes?

1. Develop Project Management Plan
2. Monitor and Control Project Work
3. Perform Integrated Change Control
4. Direct and Manage Project Work

Q4. A technique that iterates the project schedule many times to calculate a distribution of possible project completion dates is:

1. Monte Carlo Analysis
2. Montford analysis
3. Pareto Cost chart
4. Deming Analysis

Q5. Which motivational theory uses the concept of Theory Y?

1. Maslow
2. Deming
3. McGregor
4. Herzberg

Q6. Bill is the project manager of a software project that was originally estimated to be completed in 12 months. Two months into the project, it is discovered that the original estimating assumptions were fundamentally flawed. The Estimate at Completion (EAC) in such a project will be:

1. EAC = AC + Bottom-up ETC
2. EAC = BAC/CPI
3. EAC = AC + [BAC - EV]/CPI
4. EAC = AC + BAC - EV

Q7. A scope change is made on the project. You have determined the effect on the schedule, performed integrated change control, and adjusted the project baselines and the project management plan. What is the NEXT thing to do?

1. Look for impacts to cost
2. Notify stakeholders affected by the change.
3. Submit the change to the change control board for approval
4. Change the work breakdown structure.

Q8. Which of the following techniques can help clarify the structure, requirements, and other terms of the purchases so that mutual agreement between a buyer and a seller can be reached prior to signing the contract?

1. Independent estimates
2. Advertising
3. Bidder conferences
4. Procurement negotiations

Q9. One of the stakeholders on the project contacts the project manager to discuss some additional scope he would like to add to the project. The project manager asks for details in writing and then works through the Control Scope process. What should the project manager do NEXT when the evaluation of the requested scope is complete?

1. Ask the stakeholder if there are any more changes expected.
2. Complete integrated change control
3. Make sure the impact of the change is understood by the stakeholder
4. Find out the root cause of why the scope was not discovered during project planning.

Q10. Co-location can help with:

1. Bringing customers together
2. Building a team
3. Decreasing project rental costs
4. Decreasing project time.