Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. James has been managing a hotel construction project on a busy street. He is in the process of estimating activity durations for building walls, and he calculates the most likely estimate as 15 days. If prefabricated material is used, it would take no more than 12 days to finish the work. The work may be delayed and could take up to 18 days if less experienced construction workers build the walls. What is the expected duration of building walls using the three-point estimate?

1. 12 days
2. 11 days
3. 16 days
4. 15 days

Q3. During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the project scope. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the project charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do is to:

1. Let the sponsor know of the stakeholders’ request
2. Evaluate the impact of adding the scope
3. Tell the stakeholders the scope cannot be added
4. Add the work if there is time available in the project schedule

Q4. Project stakeholders are individuals and organizations who are actively involved in the project or who have an interest in it. Which of the following is not an internal stakeholder?

1. Program Manager
2. Project Sponsor
3. Competitor
4. Project Manager

Q5. Which of the following BEST describes when a project baseline should be changed?

1. When a major delay occurs
2. When an official change is made
3. When a cost increase occurs
4. Changes should never be made to the baseline

Q6. Miranda is an experienced project manager. As part of the Collect Requirements phase, she decides to use a group creativity technique. This technique is intended to enhance brainstorming with a voting process and can be used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. Which of the following will she likely use?

1. Normal group technique
2. Minimal group technique
3. Unanimous group technique
4. Nominal group technique

Q7. A project manager new to project management is taking on a new project. When is the BEST time to help build the people working on the project into a team?

1. During project initiating
2. Before committing to a project cost estimate
3. Throughout the project
4. During project planning

Q8. If a project manager wants to examine the project results over time to see if performance is improving, she would use a:

1. Trend report.
2. Forecasting report.
3. Status report.
4. Variance report.

Q9. During its first winter, a multi-year construction project experienced weather-related schedule delay that all the local parties involved described as typical for the area. What should the project manager do to integrate this information into the project schedule?

1. Lengthen the estimated activity duration for all activities to occur the following winter
2. Re-evaluate the schedule to determine the potential impact
3. Leave the current project schedule unchanged and work the issues as they arise next year
4. Make changes to the project management plan in order to maintain the current project schedule

Q10. While finalizing the WBS you assign each work package to a control account and establish a unique identifier for the same work from a code of account. These identifiers help you find a hierarchical sum of costs, schedule, etc. Which statement is true about the WBS?

1. It contains all project work
2. It authorizes the project manager
3. It is a hierarchy of project staff
4. It is a hierarchical breakdown of project resources