Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Bill is the project manager of a software project that was originally estimated to be completed in 12 months. Two months into the project, it is discovered that the original estimating assumptions were fundamentally flawed. The Estimate at Completion (EAC) in such a project will be:

1. EAC = AC + Bottom-up ETC
2. EAC = BAC/CPI
3. EAC = AC + [BAC - EV]/CPI
4. EAC = AC + BAC - EV

Q3. While conducting interviews for a project manager position, you notice that your classmate is one of the prospective candidates. What should you do immediately?

1. Encourage your classmate by offering some tips
2. Resign from the interview panel
3. Remove your classmate from the list
4. Inform the interview panel of the relationship

Q4. You are managing a project with part-time resources in a weak matrix organization. Several of the team members attend team meetings and have not completed their activity assignments as scheduled. AT your next team meting, the MOST important agenda item would be:

1. To review the work breakdown structure.
2. Team building.
3. To review project schedule and assignments.
4. To define the impact of the delays.

Q5. An output of Plan Procurements, the procurement documents are also an input to all of the following, EXCEPT:

1. Approved Change Requests
2. Administer Procurements
3. Manage Project Team
4. Conduct Procurements

Q6. A project is 50 percent complete when a schedule constraint is identified. Which of the following should be done FIRST?

1. Revisit all activities that have not yet started
2. Use a simulation technique such as Monte Carlo analysis, to calculate a distribution of probable results of the total project.
3. Rebaseline the project management plan to determine impacts on schedule, cost, and scope.
4. Level resources on the remaining activities to determine resource variances.

Q7. A cause and effect diagram and an Ishikawa diagram are both:

1. Flowcharts
2. Fishbone diagrams
3. Control charts
4. Pareto charts

Q8. Which of the following BEST describes product analysis?

1. Working with the customer to determine the product description.
2. Mathematically analyzing the quality desired for the project.
3. Gaining a better understanding of the product of the project in order to create the project scope statement.
4. Determining if the quality standard on the project can be met.

Q9. During a discussion with the quality department, Dave, a project manager, was told that as applied to projects, the terms “prevention” and “inspection” are synonymous. However, his understanding of the terms is different. What would you comment on this situation?

1. The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the process; inspection is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
2. The project manager is correct. Inspection is about keeping errors out of the process; prevention is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
3. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands. They are used in different contexts.
4. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the process. They are used in different contexts.

Q10. A project manager believes that modifying the project scope may provide added value for the customer. What should the project manager do?

1. Change the scope baseline
2. Contact the customer to determine if the change adds value
3. Call a meeting of the change control board
4. Change the project’s objectives.