Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are reviewing the responses to an RFP your company issued. You realize that a key requirement was not included in the RFP. However, one of the bidders included that requirement in the response. What is the best course of action?

1. Award the contract to that bidder
2. Revise and reissue the RFP
3. Select the bid that included the requirement
4. Cancel the RFP

Q3. Mary is a project manager for an infrastructure upgrade project in a government agency. She realized recently that a critical scheduled task exceeded its deadline, and the stakeholders are aware of it. The resource manager has permitted Mary to use three more resources to work on and complete the delayed task. Although the three additional resources prove helpful, Mary is still concerned about the task because:

1. Allocating more resources may result in rework
2. Allocating more resources may shorten the duration but results in increased risk or cost
3. Resources may need training to complete the task
4. Allocating more resources needs stakeholders approval

Q4. Which of the following BEST describes product analysis?

1. Working with the customer to determine the product description.
2. Mathematically analyzing the quality desired for the project.
3. Gaining a better understanding of the product of the project in order to create the project scope statement.
4. Determining if the quality standard on the project can be met.

Q5. You are assigned to a project that senior management has already decided to outsource. As a project manager, you need to work with the contracts department to select the vendor and then oversee the vendor through the project completion. Company policy requires that a project of this size go through a formal bid process. A vice president in your company tells you that his friend owns one of the companies that might bid on the project and that the company would be an excellent choice as a vendor. This vice president has a reputation for making or breaking careers. What is generally the BEST course of action?

1. Follow the bid process, and show the vice president why the favored vendor is or is not the best choice
2. Obtain written permission to bypass the formal bid process
3. Let the evaluation team know that management has a favorite vendor
4. Let the contracts department handle the situation

Q6. A project manager has a project team consisting of people in four countries. The project is very important to the company, and the project manager is concerned about its success. The length of the project schedule is acceptable. What type of communication should he use?

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

Q7. The paint on the exotic cars that are manufactured in your plant is bubbling about a year after application. What would be the best tool for your team to use to find potential causes of the peeling paint?

1. Scatter diagram
2. Ishikawa Diagram
3. Control Chart
4. Inspection

Q8. Which of the following processes involves creating a coherent, consistent document that can be used to guide all the work in both project executing and project monitoring and controlling?

1. Risk management
2. Develop Project Management Plan
3. Develop Project Scope Statement
4. Plan Quality Management

Q9. A construction project has a work package that could result in fatalities or long term disabilities with losses of over US $2 million. The company has had a clean record in the past and has won several safety awards. An appropriate risk response strategy is to:

1. Post a sign that describes the number of injuries to date and remind everyone to be careful.
2. Insure against the risk.
3. Add classroom training on safety for the project team.
4. Not do the work package.

Q10. A project manager discovers hat a work package has been completed for substantially less cost than planned. Which of the following is NOT among the first things to consider doing?

1. Make sure all project processes were followed.
2. Make sure the right resources were used
3. Make sure all the work was done
4. Identify ways to increase the result.