Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The primary customer of a project has requested an application change during user testing. As project manager, how should you BEST address this issue?

1. Develop a risk mitigation plan.
2. Create a formal change request.
3. Inform the project sponsor of changes to scope, cost and schedule.
4. Ensure the scope change compies with all relevant contractual provisions.

Q3. The client demands changes to the product specification that will add only two weeks to the critical path. Which of the following is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Compress the schedule to recover the two weeks
2. Cut scope to recover the two weeks
3. Consult with the sponsor about options
4. Advise the client of the impact of the change

Q4. You are part of a team that has been told by your management that they require you to take and pass the PMP exam by the end of the year. After studying, you are the first of the group to take the actual exam. When you return to work to tell everyone you passed, you are bombarded with questions. Management tells you that since everyone else is so worried about the exam, they want you to write out all the questions you can remember from the exam and provide copies to the rest of the team. In this situation, you could do all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Do your best to provide only what you remember exactly
2. Offer to assist the others by motivating them
3. Explain that providing questions from the actual exam is specifically prohibited
4. Explain that you may have passed the exam, but you are not an expert. The team should follow the expert advice that they were given on how to study and pass the exam.

Q5. A project manager has put in place rules covering who will have access to controlled documents, how changes to these items will be recorded and approved, and how everyone will know what the current version is. The project manager is therefore creating a:

1. Work authorization system
2. Change control system
3. Configuration management system
4. Project management information system

Q6. All of the following are inputs to the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Work breakdown structure
2. Project scope statement
3. WBS dictionary
4. Inspection

Q7. Communication noise refers to influences on effective communication that influence the interpretation of conversations. Noise affects which components of communication?

1. Encoding and decoding
2. Decoding and feedback
3. Transmission and decoding
4. Encoding and feedback

Q8. You have been offered a position managing a project that will last 12 months. However, you know that in six months, you will be relocating to another state for family reasons. What should you do?

1. Turn down the position
2. Accept the position and provide four weeks’ notice before leaving the job
3. Accept the position and compress the schedule to complete the project in six months
4. Disclose your relocation plans to the hiring manager

Q9. While sequencing activities for a project, the project management team applied certain discretionary dependencies. This was based on their knowledge of best practices within the project application area. What is the potential risk involved in using such dependencies?

1. They can create fixed float values and create external dependencies.
2. They can create arbitrary float values and limit later scheduling options.
3. They can create arbitrary float values and create external dependencies.
4. They can create arbitrary float values and create mandatory dependencies.

Q10. The project manager of a large construction project is responsible for ensuring that all changes to the building plans are approved and tracked before they are implemented. These activities form part of which process?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Configuration Management
3. Perform Integrated change control
4. Control Quality