Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Adam has just taken over a construction project. The project is currently in the planning phase of the project lifecycle. Adam’s next deliverable is to produce an effective stakeholder engagement strategy. Which of the following is the most important component of an effective stakeholder engagement plan?

1. Management style
2. Risk tolerance
3. Construction know-how
4. Communications

Q3. The cost performance index (CPI) of a project is 0.6 and the schedule performance index (SPI is 0.71. The project has 625 work packages and is being completed over a four-year period. The team members are very inexperienced and the project received little support for project planning. Which of the following would be the BEST thing to do?

1. Update risk identification and analysis.
2. Spend more time improving the cost estimates.
3. Remove as many work packages as possible.
4. Reorganize the responsibility assignment matrix.

Q4. You have recently joined a new company as a project manager. While reviewing the procurement plans for a project you will be taking over, you see that the company is considering using one of the most expensive manufacturers to provide certain equipment required for the project. At your previous employer, you had used a different supplier for the same equipment and had paid significantly less. Without telling your boss, you now call that supplier for a quote. Have you violated the rule of keeping proprietary information confidential?

1. Maybe. You need to talk to your boss first.
2. No. There is no harm in sharing the information with your current employer, because you are no longer working for your old employer.
3. Yes. The supply source is proprietary information, and you should not contact the supplier.
4. You have not violated any rule.

Q5. The role of each stakeholder is determined by:

1. The stakeholder and the sponsor
2. The project manager and the sponsor
3. The team and the project manager
4. The project manager and the stakeholder.

Q6. You have estimated the cost of your project by calculating the cost of each activity, adding them together to get the cost of a work package, and then you adding together the cost of all work packages. What kind of estimate are you using here?

1. Top down
2. Bottom up
3. Parametric
4. Ball park estimate

Q7. During project executing, a new project manager is assigned to the project and finds that the activity cost estimates for the project have rarely been accurate. Which of the following was MOST probably not done?

1. Obtain a cost constraint from management, create a work breakdown structure, and develop a project management plan.
2. Obtain a cost constraint from management, perform a risk assessment, and form a team.
3. Form a team, create a work breakdown structure, and use historical records from previous projects.
4. Form a team, develop a project management plan, and perform a risk assessment.

Q8. A project manager is preparing the WBS for a software project. The WBS includes all the product and project work but excludes the project management work. From the following choices, choose a statement that correctly describes this situation.

1. This is incorrect. Include product work and project management as part of the WBS but exclude project work.
2. This is incorrect. Project work and project management are part of the WBS, but product work is not.
3. This is incorrect. Include product work, project work, and project management work.
4. This is correct. Include product and project work as part of the WBS but exclude project management work.

Q9. Which of the following is not an example of a work performance report?

1. Status report
2. Project charter
3. Progress report
4. Project dashboard

Q10. Product verification is different than scope verification in that product verification:

1. Occurs during the executing process group
2. Verifies that the correct products have been used
3. Obtains customer sign-off
4. Makes sure all work is completed satisfactorily.