Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A project manager has a project with a team member’s performance. What is the BEST form of communication for addressing this problem?

1. Formal written communication
2. Formal verbal communication
3. Informal written communication
4. Informal verbal communication

Q3. A project manager is concerned about the amount of gold plating that has occurred on past projects. All the following would NOT be of use in controlling gold plating EXCEPT:

1. A staffing management plan
2. A project charter
3. A work breakdown structure dictionary
4. A risk management plan

Q4. Allocating ownership of a risk to a third party who is best able to capture the opportunity is an example of ________ the risk.

1. Sharing
2. Enhancing
3. Exploiting
4. Accepting

Q5. 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

Q6. What is the best way to show, at a glance, all the work packages or project activities assigned to a specific organizational department?

1. Organizational Breakdown Structure
2. RACI chart
3. Work Breakdown Structure
4. Roles and Responsibilities Chart

Q7. Which statement is TRUE of quality planning?

1. Quality planning should be performed regularly throughout the project
2. Quality planning is done to compile a risk response plan
3. Quality planning is done only during development of a project management plan
4. Quality planning is not considered during project executing.

Q8. A project manager has increased project costs by US $100,000, but completed the project four weeks earlier than planned. What activity is BEST described here?

1. Resource leveling
2. Schedule compression
3. Critical chain
4. Adjusting leads and lags

Q9. You are a project manager of a complex project which involves many procurement contracts with subcontractors. During the execution phase, a subcontractor comes to you and says that he has completed his part of the work. You reviewed the facts and provided the subcontractor with a formal written notice that the contract has ended. What process is this?

1. Validate scope
2. Verify scope
3. Close procurements
4. Control procurements

Q10. Which of the following is not an appropriate method for dealing with a negative risk?

1. Avoid
2. Exploit
3. Transfer
4. Mitigate