Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. During the Identify Risks process, a project manager identifies a risk that, no matter what the company does, a dire could occur in the building during the test. It would be BEST to _____ the risk.

1. Deflect.
2. Accept
3. Avoid
4. Change

Q3. You are managing four projects in your organization. Two projects are of a similar type, but the other two are entirely different. What is your role in the organization?

1. Portfolio manager
2. Program manager
3. Project manager
4. Program coordinator

Q4. The WBS structure can be created in a number of forms except which of the following?

1. Using work packages as the second level of decomposition, with the project deliverables inserted at the third level
2. Using major deliverables as the second level of decomposition
3. Using phases of the project lifecycle as the second level of decomposition, with the product and project deliverables inserted at the third level
4. Using subcomponents, which may be developed by organizations outside the project team, such as contracted work

Q5. A project manager wishes to illustrate the connections between the work that needs to be done and the project team members. According to the PMBOK, the resulting document is a:

1. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
2. Resource Planning Chart (RPC)
3. Task Assignment Model (TAM)
4. Resource Assignment Chart (RAC)

Q6. A project manager had a complex problem o solve and made a decision about what needed to be done. A few months later, the problem resurfaced. What did the project manager MOST likely not do?

1. Proper risk analysis
2. Confirm that the decision solved the problem
3. Have the project sponsor validate the decision
4. Use an Ishikawa diagram.

Q7. After conducting a bidder conference, you receive an email from one of the bidders requesting additional information. The information was neither included in your request for proposal, nor did anyone ask for it during the bidder conference. You realize the answer to this question is critical to understanding the scope of the project. If the answer is not communicated to bidders, they cannot size their teams accurately or estimate the total duration of the project. The answer also greatly affects cost. However, the answer contains some proprietary information that, if disclosed to a competitor, may reveal the future product strategy of your company. Such a disclosure could be disastrous for a major product launch you are planning next year. You decide to send the answer to all the bidders, but you realize one of the bidders is also working closely with one of your competitors on a similar project. What should you do?

1. Don’t send this information in writing; instead, telephone each bidding company.
2. Send this information to all bidders except the bidder working with your competitor.
3. Send this information to only the supplier who requested it.
4. Require all bidders to sign a nondisclosure agreement. You may then send the information to each company that signed the NDA.

Q8. Janice, a project manager, wanted to obtain early feedback on the project requirements. However, she was concerned that the abstract representations of the requirements might not elicit useful feedback. Which of the following tools and techniques might help her overcome this hurdle?

1. Histograms
2. Prototypes
3. Ishikawa diagram
4. Control charts

Q9. The project was going well until the director of marketing discovered that two of her staff members were working different versions of the sampling plan, a product of your project. Which of the following BEST describes what needs the attention of the project manager on this project?

1. Stakeholder management
2. Resource allocation
3. Staffing management plan
4. Configuration management

Q10. Who has the cost risk in a fixed price (FP) contract?

1. The team
2. The buyer
3. The seller
4. Management