Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Project information has been distributed according to the communications management plan. Some project deliverables have been changed in accordance with the project management plan. One stakeholder expressed surprise to the project manager upon hearing of a previously published change to a project deliverable. All stakeholders received the communication containing notification of the change. What should the project manager do?

1. Determine why the stakeholder did not receive the information and let him know when it was published.
2. Ask the functional manager why the stakeholder did not understand his responsibility.
3. Review the communications management plan and make revisions if necessary.
4. Address the situation in the next steering committee meeting so others do not miss published changes.

Q3. Which of the following is an output of the Define Activities process?

1. A WBS
2. An activity list
3. A network diagram
4. A project schedule

Q4. All of the following are outputs of the Estimate Costs process EXCEPT:

1. An understanding of the cost risk in the work that has been estimated.
2. The prevention of inappropriate changes from being included in the cost baseline.
3. An indication of the range of possible costs for the project
4. Documentation of any assumptions made during the Estimate Costs process.

Q5. Your team is analyzing the project and comes up with the information in the chart. What activities are on the critical path?

1. Not enough information
2. Activities B, C, and I
3. Activities B, C, E, F, H
4. Activities D, G, I Activity Baseline Crash Time Cost Time Cost A 10 $4,000 8 $6,000 B 2 $6,000 2 $6,000 C 14 $22,000 12 $26,000 D 6 $9,000 5 $10,000 E 9 $14,000 7 $19,000 F 8 $18,000 4 $36,000 64

Q6. All of the following are parts of the project initiating processes EXCEPT:

1. Develop product acceptance criteria
2. Determine project boundaries
3. Develop project objectives
4. Develop performance measurement baselines

Q7. You are in the middle of a complex negotiation when the other party says, “We need to finish in one hour because I have to catch my plane.” That person is using which of the following negotiation strategies?

1. Good guy, bad guy
2. Delay
3. Deadline
4. Extreme demands.

Q8. Which process is concerned with providing forecasts to update current cost information?

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Project Management Information System
3. Close Project or Phase
4. Direct and Manage Project Work

Q9. A project is ending one of its phases. What should be done before moving on to the next phase?

1. Team meeting
2. Validate Scope
3. Management meeting
4. Scope management 05

Q10. There is a serious defect in the finished product of a project that was completed a few months ago, resulting in a recall campaign to recall the defective products. What would be the best classification for these types of costs?

1. To complete performance index (TCP)
2. Cost variance
3. Cost of conformance
4. Cost of nonconformance