Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. All of the following are parts of the Direct and Manage Project Work process EXCEPT:

1. Identifying changes
2. Using a work breakdown structure
3. Implementing corrective actions
4. Setting up a project control system 3

Q3. The project budget is proving to be inaccurate. The SPI is 1.1. The team has had a negative deviation from the activity attributes, and the sponsor has inserted herself on the change control board. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Try to encourage the sponsor to remove herself from the change control board
2. Re-compute the project schedule
3. Re-estimate the activity attributes
4. Calculate the cost performance index

Q4. The buyer asks the project manager for the status of the project that his team is working on. What is the BEST way to determine the status of a project?

1. Compare the project performance against the project baselines
2. Compare the earned value to the planned value
3. Compare the project performance against the integrated change control plan.
4. Compare the number of people used on each work package to the planned number to be used.

Q5. During the completion of project work, the sponsor asks the project manager to report on how the project is going. In order to prepare the report, the project manager asks all the team members what percent complete their work is. There is one team member who has been hard to manage from the beginning. In response to being asked what percent complete he is, the team member asks, “Percent complete of what?”. Tired of such comments, the project manager reports to the team member’s boss that the team member is not cooperating. Which of the following is MOST likely the real problem?

1. The project manager did not get buy-in from the manager for the resources on the project.
2. The project manager did not create an adequate reward system for team members to improve their cooperation.
3. The project manager should have had a meeting with the team member’s boss the first time the team member caused trouble.
4. The project manager does not have the work packages.

Q6. During the project execution, some people stole your consumables. You did not identify this threat earlier, though you were able to manage the situation through a workaround. This risk did not have much of an impact on your cost baseline but the schedule was impacted. Management is aware of the issue and to get the complete picture they insist you provide them the performance report. Which of the following information will you provide to them?

1. Status of deliverables
2. Actual cost, actual duration, etc.
3. Milestones status
4. Memos

Q7. You and your management are inspecting project deliverables with the client and are determining if this is as per the stated requirements or not. Which of the following statement is true about the above process?

1. You are in the verify scope process.
2. You are in the validate scope process.
3. You are in the executing process group.
4. You are doing the quality control process.

Q8. In a multi-phase project, the procurement team decided to close the procurements applicable to a particular phase of the project. What happens to unresolved claims?

1. Unresolved claims are usually resolved at the end of all phases of the project.
2. Unresolved claims are also closed when the procurements for that phase are closed.
3. Unresolved claims remain open for a period of one year from closure of procurements.
4. Unresolved claims may still be subject to litigation after closure.

Q9. Which of the following is part of the integration management process?

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Plan Resource Management
3. Manage Quality
4. Report Performance 2

Q10. The Budget at Completion (BAC) for a project is $50,000. The Actual Costs (AC) to date are $10,000. The Earned Value (EV) is $7,000. At this stage, the project management team did a manual bottom-up summation of costs and forecast an Estimate to Complete (ETC) of $50,000. What is the Estimate at Completion (EAC) for the project?

1. $57,000
2. $40,000
3. $60,000
4. $53,000