Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Your project schedule is tight and in danger of falling behind when two team members start disrupting status meetings by arguing with each other. As project manager, what is the BEST thing you can do?

1. Separate the two until the project is back on track
2. Tell each team member they will not receive a recommendation from you if they continue arguing
3. Discuss the problem with the two team members
4. Meet with both team members and their manager to determine the source of conflict.

Q3. A project manager takes over an existing project, only to find that there are no quality standards. What part of the quality process should the project manager be in?

1. Plan Quality
2. Manage Quality
3. Quality analysis
4. Perform Quality Control

Q4. You are working with your customers on completing deliverables in your electronic parts manufacturing project. Since these parts will be exported to other countries, they will need more testing before your customers accept them. In this scenario, which of the following statements about the completed deliverables is correct?

1. Completed deliverables not accepted by customers must be forwarded to the close project or phase process.
2. Deliverables formally accepted by customers must be moved to organizational process assets.
3. Deliverables formally accepted by customers are forwarded to the validate scope process.
4. Completed deliverables not accepted by customers must require a change request for defect repair.

Q5. Nancy is carrying out cost-benefit analysis for a project. If undertaken, the project will start in January next year and end by December. The project will incur a constant cost of $10,000 each month (payable by the end of each month) giving a total cost of $120,000 for the project. The revenue from the project is collected on a quarterly basis. The total revenue for the project by the end of December will be $200,000. The opportunity cost of the project is 12 percent which is the bank interest rate Nancy can get if she does not invest in this project. The total present value of all cash outflows is $112,551, while the total present value of all cash inflow is $185,721. What is the benefit-to-cost ratio for the project?

1. 1.67
2. 0.6
3. 1.65
4. 0.61

Q6. Linda has been assigned to establish a PMO in her organization. Linda believes this project cannot succeed unless all the key project stakeholders support the project. She also believes she needs to pay special attention to stakeholder management to ensure success of this project. First, she needs to develop her stakeholder register. To produce the project stakeholder register, which of the following processes must Linda start?

1. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
2. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
3. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
4. Identify Stakeholders

Q7. All of the following are used in estimating EXCEPT:

1. Work breakdown structure
2. Team
3. Network diagram
4. Scope verification

Q8. An important part of performing stakeholder analysis is documenting quantifiable expectations. Which of the following expectations is quantifiable?

1. The project must improve customer satisfaction
2. The project should be higher quality
3. The project must yield a 15% reduction in part cost
4. All stakeholders’ needs must be satisfied

Q9. The project manager has a team scattered across four countries. The team members are experts in their fields and a few are certified project managers. To deal with the distance, the project manager creates ground rules with the team, and has virtual meetings to deal with the cultural differences. Which of the following additional activities would have the GREATEST impact on the project?

1. Plan Communications
2. Acquire Project Team
3. Define Scope
4. Sequence Activities

Q10. Which motivational theory says that working conditions, salary, and relationships at work do NOT improve motivation?

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