Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Your boss is worried about the project schedule. There is a critical deliverable due to the federal government in two weeks. If you miss the deliverable, you could lose the entire contract. To help reduce the boss’s stress you show him the earned value calculations you just completed. They show your cost performance index (CPI) is 1) is US $490 million. Should your boss be comfortable?

1. Yes, your SV is $10 million.
2. No, your CPI is too high
3. He needs more data
4. Yes, your SPI is 1.05.

Q3. A dependency requiring that design be completed before manufacturing can start is an example of:

1. Discretionary dependency
2. External dependency
3. Mandatory dependency
4. Scope dependency

Q4. Project success is all about managing stakeholders efficiently and fulfilling their requirements. To keep them satisfied you will have to compare the current engagement level of all stakeholders with the planned stakeholder engagement throughout the project life cycle. As per the PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition, which option is not an engagement level of stakeholder classification?

1. Resistant
2. Neutral
3. Aggressive
4. Supportive

Q5. A project manager has managed four projects for the company and is being considered to join the project management office team. The following is discovered during the evaluation of his performance. The project manager’s first project had an ending cost variance of -500, used two critical resources, needed to rework the project charter during project executing and was ranked 14th in priority within the company. The second project finished with a schedule variance of +100, was completed with a vastly compressed schedule and received a letter of recommendation from the sponsor, but the product of the project was not used. The third project had 23 percent more changes than expected, had an SPI of 0.90, and 25 open items in the issue log when the project was completed. Each of these projects had a cost budget of US $1,000 and 20 to 28 percent more changes than others of its size. The project management office decided not to add this project manager to the team. Which of the following BEST describes why this might have happened?

1. The project manager has only managed low-priority projects and he had to compress the schedule, showing that he does not have the skill to work in the project management office.
2. Issue logs should not be used on projects of this size, showing that the project manager does not have the knowledge to work in a project management office
3. The project manager did not effectively involve the stakeholders, showing that he does not have the knowledge to work in the project management office
4. The project manager had two critical resources on their team and still needed to rework the project charter, showing that he does not have the discipline to work in the project management office.

Q6. Lucy is currently preparing a high-level cost estimate for her project in the initiation phase. With the limited detail available to her, what would you expect the range of her estimate to be, and what would you call such an estimate?

1. -25 to +25%, Absolute Cost
2. -5 to +10%, Narrow
3. -1 to +1%, Definitive
4. -25 to +75%, Rough Order of Magnitude

Q7. You have just joined a new organization as a project manager. You have heard a number of rumors about the procurement manager having possible underhanded dealings with suppliers. However, you have no proof these rumors are true. Your project requires a large number of dump trucks. Company policy mandates that all purchases go through the procurement department rather than the department employees. The value of the dump truck purchase is US$395,000, and the contract went to a supplier your company regularly uses. Shortly after taking delivery of the dump trucks, you learn the procurement manager is driving a new car. What should you do?

1. Ask the procurement manager about the purchase of her new car
2. Report this to the appropriate management
3. Talk to the supplier to find out if there was a bribe involved in the project
4. Do nothing

Q8. 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

Q9. A project has seven activities: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Activities A, B, and D can start anytime. Activity A takes 3 weeks, activity B takes 5 weeks, and Activity D takes 11 weeks. Activities A and B must be completed before Activity C can start. Activity C requires 6 weeks to complete. Activities B, C, and D must be completed before Activity E can start. Activity E requires 2 weeks. Activity F takes 4 weeks and can start as soon as activity C is completed. Activity E must be completed before activity G starts. Activity G requires 3 weeks. Activities F and G must be completed for the project to be completed. Which activities have float available?

1. Activity A has two weeks float, activity F has one week
2. Activity F has one week float
3. There is no float available in the project.
4. Activity A has eight weeks float

Q10. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques will generate the MOST lasting solution?

1. Forcing
2. Smoothing
3. Compromise
4. Problem solving.