Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of these is a valid negative risk response?

1. Exploit
2. Mitigate
3. Enhance
4. Share

Q3. What do the buyer and seller have in common with regard to Control Procurements?

1. Both parties ensure that they meet their contractual obligations and that their own legal rights are protected.
2. Both parties have specific resources that can be idle.
3. Both parties have a contract change management plan.
4. Each party has its own project plan and legal team.

Q4. A project manager was assigned to a project when the project charter was in development. Which of the following is an input that the project manager will use to develop the project charter?

1. Make-or-Buy analysis
2. Organizational Process Assets
3. Project Acceptance Criteria
4. Project Scope Statement

Q5. John has been assigned a task to build a facility where different types of bicycles can be produced. John builds this facility and hands it over to Andrew to run it. What is Andrew’s role?

1. Project manager
2. Program manager
3. Operation manager
4. Portfolio manager

Q6. Caitlin’s project is behind schedule. She is planning to crash the project by allowing overtime to the project team. This approach can bring additional risks to the project. Which of the following is not a valid risk in this scenario:

1. The profit margin might decrease.
2. Risk of employee attrition might increase.
3. Risk of errors and/or rework might increase.
4. The project’s acceptance criteria might get updated.

Q7. Why must the Validate Scope process be completed in a project?

1. To obtain scope documents from recent similar projects for benchmarking
2. To determine whether the scope is at the correct complexity level
3. To obtain formal acceptance of deliverables by the customer or sponsor
4. To ensure the project team is all aware of the scope

Q8. During project planning, a project manager is planning the upcoming project execution team meetings. What should she include in these meetings that would have the biggest impact on the project?

1. Review of the action item list
2. Review of upcoming identified risks
3. Assignment of activities to team members.
4. Estimating costs.

Q9. You have just joined a new organization as a project manager. You have heard a number of rumors about the procurement manager having possible underhanded dealings with suppliers. However, you have no proof these rumors are true. Your project requires a large number of dump trucks. Company policy mandates that all purchases go through the procurement department rather than the department employees. The value of the dump truck purchase is US$395,000, and the contract went to a supplier your company regularly uses. Shortly after taking delivery of the dump trucks, you learn the procurement manager is driving a new car. What should you do?

1. Ask the procurement manager about the purchase of her new car
2. Report this to the appropriate management
3. Talk to the supplier to find out if there was a bribe involved in the project
4. Do nothing

Q10. What does a resource histogram show that a responsibility assignment matrix does not?

1. Time
2. Activities
3. Interrelationships
4. The person in charge of each activity