Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. 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

Q3. A company attorney, newly hired by the company, walks into the project manager’s office and tells her that he is ready to work with her on the procurement process. The project manager has little experience with procurement, so she is excited to have the assistance. With which of the following would it be BEST for the project manager to ask the attorney to help?

1. Claims administration, audit results, and updating organizational process assets.
2. Contract change control system, payments, and change requests.
3. Recommend corrective actions, performance reporting, and records management system.
4. Procurement documentation, project management plan updates, and procurement management plan updates.

Q4. A new project manager has just taken over a project that is 50 percent complete. As part of the hand-over process, the outgoing project manager provided the new project manager with a list of stakeholders that needed to be managed. The list had been compiled at the start of the project. Which of the following is true about stakeholders?

1. Stakeholder identification is usually performed when there are problems with the project
2. Stakeholder identification needs to happen at the start of each new phase of a project
3. Stakeholder identification is a continuous process and needs to happen all through the project
4. Stakeholder identification needs to happen at the start of the project

Q5. The credibility of your risk management depends on the unbiased probability and impact of identified risks. If these parameters are not correctly assessed, your risk management is not worth following. In which of the following process do you define the definition of probability of risks?

1. Plan risk management
2. Identify risks
3. Plan risk responses
4. Perform qualitative risk analysis

Q6. Which of motivational theory use the concept of Theory X?

1. Maslow
2. Deming
3. McGregor
4. Herzberg

Q7. The seller tells you that your activities have resulted in an increase in their costs. You should:

1. Recommend a change to the project costs.
2. Have a meeting with management to find out what to do.
3. Ask the seller for supporting information.
4. Deny any wrongdoing.

Q8. The Conduct Procurements process receives bids or proposals and applies criteria to select one or more sellers who are both qualified and acceptable as a seller. Which of the following techniques is not a valid technique for this process?

1. Make-or-buy analysis
2. Proposal Evaluation Techniques
3. Advertising
4. Bidder Conference

Q9. A project is considered out of control and the previous project manager has quit. You are assigned as the new project manager and have been asked to verify the quality level of the project and to recommend corrective action. What do you do FIRST?

1. Review the project management plan
2. Meet with the team
3. Draw a control chart
4. Create a risk mitigation plan.

Q10. You are the project manager of a large IT project. A manager from a company contracted to work on the project offers you free tickets to a local sporting event. The tickets are expensive, but your organization has no formal policy regarding gifts. What is the best way to handle the offer?

1. Refuse the tickets and report the offer to your employer
2. Accept the tickets but notify your employer
3. Politely refuse the tickets
4. Accept the tickets since there is no policy