Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Project A has had ineffective project meetings since its inception. There have been complaints that information does not get to the right people, some people are talking too much during meetings, and the right people are not there to resolve the issues. What is MOST likely missing from this project?

1. A scope management plan
2. A staffing management plan
3. A communications management plan
4. A process improvement plan

Q3. Which of the following Manage Quality techniques examines problems, constraints, and non-value-added activities that occur during project work?

1. Sensitivity Analysis
2. Expected monetary value analysis
3. Earned Value Analysis
4. Process Analysis

Q4. Your employee is three days late with a report. She walks into a meeting where the report is to be discussed and hands you a copy five minutes before the topic is to be discussed. You noticed some serous errors in the report. How could this have been prevented?

1. Require periodic updates from the employee.
2. Coach and mentor the employee.
3. Make sure the employee was competent to do the work.
4. Cancel the meeting earlier because you did not have a chance to review the reports.

Q5. You are about to take over a project from another project manager and find out the following information about the project. Activity Z has an early start (ES) of day 15 and a late start (LS) of day 20. Activity Z is a difficult activity. Cost performance index (CPI) is 1.1; schedule performance index (SPI) is 0.8. There are 11 stakeholders on the project. Based on this information, which of the following would you be the MOST concerned about?

1. Schedule
2. Float
3. Cost
4. The number of available resources.

Q6. What percentage o the total distribution is 3 sigma from the mean equal to?

1. 68.26 percent
2. 99.99 percent
3. 95.46 percent
4. 99.73 percent

Q7. Creating a sense of community is a benefit of what type of strategy?

1. Group-based management
2. Hoteling
3. Co-location
4. Virtual teams

Q8. Your project will go through many phases to produce a high-priced product that will be sold to the public. You are currently starting the design phase. The price will include the product and scheduled maintenance. The team includes representatives from the engineering department, who will help determine the design of the project, the marketing department, who will determine the shape of the container for the product of the project and the accounting department who will help make sure the cost of the project allow ample profit margin. The project charter has been completed and signed by sponsors from all these departments. The product scope was completed in an earlier project that was two months delayed due to arguing over the scope. The team is now functioning well and past team building efforts have produced an effective team for this new project. Which of the following is the BEST thing to include that has not been included in planning?

1. The team working on the project does not include anyone from senior management and will thus not have enough support to be completed quickly and effectively.
2. There needs to be a representative from the quality department to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it is undertaken.
3. The project is not taking into account how the project work will affect future phases and thus future phases may cost more.
4. Team building efforts should still be done in the future to ensure an effective team.

Q9. You are the project manager for Commodities, Inc. You are involved in a new project to create an internal website for the employees that will allow them to view events within the company. All of the following options listed are project constraints except:

1. The project must be completed by December 31 of the current year.
2. There is a budget of $75,000 for the project.
3. The navigation menu for the website must be on the top of the page.
4. Only three employees are available to work on the project.

Q10. During the Conduct Procurements process, the procuring organization found that there were significant differences in pricing by different sellers. What is the best course of action in such a scenario?

1. Award the project to a supplier who is already on the procuring organization's preferred supplier list.
2. Cancel the procurement activity.
3. Investigate whether the procurement statement of work was defective or ambiguous.
4. Award the project to the highest bidder.