Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The Human Resources department wants to hire a new project manager from within the company. They can choose from the following candidates: Candidate A has good management knowledge; Candidate B has good project management knowledge; Candidate C has solid technical knowledge; and Candidate D has general management, project management, and technical skills. Who is the BEST candidate?

1. Candidate A
2. Candidate B
3. Candidate C
4. Candidate D

Q3. While constructing a new drug manufacturing plan, you discover a leak in a pipe which has released chemicals into the ground. It was difficult to acquire the necessary government approval and community support for the plant, and management has told you to be particularly careful to not upset the community. You are uncertain of whether the chemicals could leak into the groundwater or cause any damage. What should you do?

1. Follow the instructions to avoid upsetting the community and do nothing
2. Start to write articles in the local paper about how poorly treated the local drinking water is.
3. Wherever possible, communicate all the great benefits of the plant to the community.
4. Inform local officials and ask for their help 0

Q4. The Cost Performance Baseline is a time-phased budget and is used as a basis to measure, monitor, and control overall cost performance of the project. It is usually displayed in the form of:

1. An S-curve
2. An inverted S-curve.
3. Pie-chart
4. A Z curve

Q5. The Cost of Quality principle includes:

1. The costs of ensuring conformance to requirements
2. The costs involved when changes are made to the requirements
3. The cost of deploying a project Configuration Management System
4. The costs associated with eliminating requirements

Q6. The stakeholder engagement plan is developed early during project planning phase. However, as the project moves into its execution phase, project stakeholders’ needs, interests and/or influence might change. If a significant change happens, what should the project manager do?

1. Refer the issue to the project sponsor
2. Hold all project communications until the issue has a resolution
3. Seek expert judgment from the project sponsor
4. Revisit the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process

Q7. Which of the following BEST describes comparing actual dates with planned dates?

1. Develop Schedule
2. Resource leveling
3. Variance analysis
4. Three-point estimating

Q8. Who should be responsible for defining project objectives?

1. Project manager
2. Sponsor
3. Project management team
4. Stakeholders

Q9. In the create WBS process, you sub-divide project deliverables and project work into smaller and more manageable components. The output of this process is the scope baseline and project document update. Which of the following truly represents the scope baseline?

1. Scope statement, scope management plan, schedule baseline
2. Scope statement, WBS, WBS dictionary
3. WBS, WBS dictionary
4. Scope statement, WBS, schedule baseline

Q10. The manager of a project that your company is running in another country is at the corporate headquarters for a company-wide project management meeting. During a break, you overhear the project manager discussing payments made to local municipal governments for construction permits for the project. Your company has a strict policy about paying or taking bribes. What should you do?

1. Report him to PMI
2. Report him to his manager
3. Notify his project stakeholders
4. Do nothing