Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Andrew is a project management guru hired by a retail giant in your country. Andrew finds out there is a wide array of projects that need to be managed from a central PMO; from a number of small projects to large initiatives requiring long-term roadmaps to manage the development of these programs. What project management approach should be recommended for such projects?

1. A predictive approach, adaptive approach, or a hybrid of both, may need to be adopted.
2. A predictive approach may need to be adopted.
3. An adaptive approach may need to be adopted.
4. Setting up PMOs for such a wide range of projects is not recommended.

Q3. You have been assigned as the project manager for a construction project that has had two previous project managers, when you discover that a deliverable will be late. Your analysis shows that the item can be purchased from another seller at a higher price without affecting the schedule. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Evaluate the impact of the decision
2. Discuss the impact with the customer and ask for a decision
3. Crash or fast track the project.
4. Change the project management plan to reflect the new due date.

Q4. Establishing control accounts for the work packages and a unique identifier from a code of accounts finalizes the WBS. This provides a structure for hierarchical summation of:

1. Schedule and requirements information
2. Cost and requirements information
3. Cost and resource information
4. Scope, budget and schedule information

Q5. Which of the following are GENERALLY illustrated BETTER by bar charts than network diagrams?

1. Logical relationships
2. Critical paths
3. Resource trade-offs
4. Progress or status.

Q6. All of the following are outputs of Plan Resource Management EXCEPT:

1. Roles and responsibilities.
2. Project organizational charts.
3. The number of resources needed.
4. The staffing management plan.

Q7. Analysis of the scope performance resulted in a change request to the scope baseline. Change requests can include all the following except:

1. Defect repair
2. Supportive action
3. Corrective action
4. Preventive action

Q8. Your team has built an exotic sports car for a wealthy client. The project team verified every deliverable against the quality requirements, and the client accepted. Now the project manager is arranging for the car delivery. This is part of which process group?

1. Closing
2. Monitoring and Controlling
3. Planning
4. Execution

Q9. A new project manager is planning a complex hardware installation project. The team consists of 13 people who are experts in their fields. The project manager does not want to micromanage the project. How far should he decompose the work?

1. As small as possible because the work is complex.
2. As large as possible because he is dealing with experts
3. To 1000-hour work packages because he is dealing with experts
4. To about 80-hour work packages because it will make the work less complex 8

Q10. Which of the following are AL items included in the cost management plan?

1. The level of accuracy needed for estimates, rules for measuring cost performance, specifications for how duration estimates should be stated.
2. Specifications for how estimates should be stated, rules or measuring cost performance, the level of accuracy needed for estimates
3. Rules for measuring team performance, the level of accuracy needed for estimates, specifications for how estimates should be stated.
4. Specifications for how estimates should be stated, the level of risk needed for estimates, rules for measuring cost performance.