Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are working as a project manager for MALTEX, an IT organization having a projectized organization structure. You have recently started managing a project that involves stakeholders from within and outside your organization. The stakeholders external to your organization are highly critical since the project negatively affects their interests. You are making serious efforts to gather their expectations and influence levels early in the project to ensure their voice is heard and proper communication needs can be planned in the project’s future phases. The outcome of your effort can be documented in:

1. The stakeholder engagement plan
2. The project scope document
3. The risk register
4. The stakeholder communication plan

Q3. While managing a project, you have included the product acceptance criteria in the Quality Management Plan. While reviewing your plan, a senior manager asks you to reconsider this. You then realize that what you did is incorrect. Where should you place the product acceptance criteria?

1. Project Charter
2. Change control process
3. Project Scope Statement
4. Scope Verification Plan

Q4. A tool that provides a visual representation of human resource allocation to a project, number of working hours, and availability on the project is a:

1. Resource Histogram
2. Staff release plan
3. Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
4. Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)

Q5. During project executing, the project manager determines that a change is needed to material purchased for the project. The project manager calls a meeting of the team to plan how to make the change. This is an example of:

1. Management by objective
2. Lack of a change management plan
3. Good team relations
4. Lack of a clear work breakdown structure

Q6. A project manager overhears a conversation between two stakeholders who are talking about how unhappy they are with the impacts of the project on their own departments. Stakeholder A asks I the project is on time, and Stakeholder B replies that the SPI is 1.05. Stakeholder A asks if the project manager for the project knows o Stakeholder B’s concern. Stakeholder B responds that he is not sure. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Make sure stakeholders see that the project manager overheard. Then ask them to direct any questions to the project manager in writing.
2. Make a presentation to all the stakeholders regarding the status of the project.
3. Send both stakeholders a copy of the issue log, and ask for additional comments.
4. Arrange a meeting with both stakeholders to allow them to voice any concerns they may have.

Q7. A project manager is considering various classification methods to share information among project stakeholders. Which of the following correctly classifies the different methods used?

1. Pull communication—Meetings; Push communication—Newsletters; Interactive communication—E-learning repository
2. Interactive communication—Meetings; Push communication—E-learning repository; Pull communication—Newsletters
3. Push communication—Meetings; Pull communication—Newsletters; Interactive communication—E-learning repository
4. Interactive communication—Meetings; Push communication— Newsletters; Pull communication—E-learning repository

Q8. You are beginning a new project. When should you use the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

1. Throughout the entire project
2. Only when closing out the project
3. Only after the project is completely funded
4. Only after the project scope is clearly defined

Q9. Projects, portfolios, and programs are different entities in an organization. Which of the following choices states a correct relationship between them?

1. A portfolio consists of a collection of projects or programs that are grouped together to achieve strategic business objectives. The projects or programs need not be directly related.
2. A project is a collection of programs and portfolios that are grouped together to achieve the project objectives.
3. A program consists of a collection of projects or portfolios that are grouped together to achieve strategic business objectives.
4. A program is a collection of projects that are grouped together for convenience. It may include unrelated work if the work is under the same business division.

Q10. By policy, the project management office regularly evaluates project performance. This is done in order to ensure standards are being followed. This is an example of:

1. Plan Quality
2. Manage Quality
3. Control Quality
4. Quality Management