Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are sequencing activities to develop the schedule using a precedence diagram method. To do this you need to identify the type of dependency between the activities. Which of the following is not a type of dependency used in a precedence diagram method?

1. Mandatory dependency
2. Linear dependency
3. Internal dependency
4. External dependency

Q3. A project post-mortem is an activity, usually performed at the project’s conclusion, to determine and analyze a project’s outcome which also includes a lessons-learned gathering exercise. Project post-mortems help to mitigate future risks and are often a key component of, and ongoing precursor to, effective risk management. Which of the following is a terrible mistake when collecting lessons learned?

1. Documenting both the success stories and the failed attempts
2. Calculating project’s final statistics
3. Focusing purely on the negatives and analyzing failures
4. Conducting a comprehensive performance review

Q4. A project manager analyzed the project’s communication requirements and decided that 10 out of the 30 stakeholders in the project would only need voicemail updates of certain information. This type of communication is:

1. Push communication
2. Pull communication
3. Interactive communication
4. On-demand communication

Q5. When would a milestone chart e used instead of a bar chart?

1. Project planning
2. Reporting to team members
3. Reporting to management
4. Risk analysis

Q6. Cost performance measurement is BEST done through which of the following?

1. Asking for a percent complete form each team member and reporting that in the monthly progress report
2. Calculating earned value and using the indexes and other calculations to report past performance and forecast future performance
3. Using the 50/50 rule and making sure the life cycle cost is less than the project cost
4. Focusing on the amount expended last month and what will be expended the following month

Q7. The code development phase of a software project is nearly complete when the first code review is conducted. During the review, it s discovered that the application is missing functionality required to complete a key business process. However, the product scope never specified this functionality. What should the project manager do?

1. Reject the functionality as out of the project’s scope.
2. Agree to include the functionality in the current release
3. Agree to include the functionality in the next release.
4. Assess the impact on the project of including the functionality, and inform the sponsor.

Q8. A project manager must publish a project schedule. Activities, start/end times, and resource are identified. What should the project manager do NEXT?

1. Distribute the project schedule according to the communications management plan.
2. Confirm the availability of the resources.
3. Refine the project management plan to reflect more accurate costing information.
4. Publish a bar chart illustrating the timeline.

Q9. All of the following result from quality audits EXCEPT:

1. Determination of whether project activities comply with organizational policies
2. Improved processes to increase productivity
3. Creation of quality metrics
4. Confirmation of the implementation of approved change requests

Q10. Risks will be identified during which risk management process(es)?

1. Identify Risks.
2. Identify Risks and Control Risks
3. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis and Identify Risks
4. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis and Control Risks 07