Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. For which of the following actions could a project manager incur a fine and be jailed?

1. Using people from outside the project manager’s country to work on the project
2. Failing to file the necessary permits in their own country
3. Paying a bribe to a foreign official
4. Not using minority workers on the project

Q3. You are analyzing the risk in a project. You decide to do a sensitivity analysis to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. You consider using a tool to help compare the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty with those variables that are more stable. One such tool is:

1. Beta Distribution
2. S-Curve
3. Control Chart
4. Tornado Diagram

Q4. As a project manager, you are presented with the following information on the paycheck period for several possible projects. Which project is your BEST choice?

1. Project A with a payback period of 6 months
2. Project B with a payback period of 9 months
3. Project C with a payback period of 12 months
4. Project D with a payback period of 18 months

Q5. Using the chart, the resource for activity A is assigned to an additional, more important, project. As a result, the resource will not be able to devote as much time to your project. Activity A will now take 10 weeks. How does this affect the project?

1. There are three critical paths.
2. The project will be delayed
3. The project is riskier
4. Activity D will be delayed

Q6. A hierarchical structure of project resources organized by category and resource type, used in planning, managing and controlling project work, is:

1. Team structure
2. Resource Pool
3. Organization Breakdown Structure
4. Resource Breakdown Structure

Q7. Which of the following is not a PMBOK Knowledge Area?

1. Procurement management
2. Integration management
3. Execution management
4. Communications management

Q8. During a cost performance review with certain senior officers from the finance department, you discover there are certain inconsistencies in the way cost performance reporting is done, and you obtain data that shows these officers are deliberately misleading senior management. What should you do?

1. Write an anonymous letter to senior management about these activities.
2. Bring this to the notice of senior management even though there are no formal policies in place for whistleblowers.
3. Do nothing but make sure that the data for your project is clean.
4. Do nothing. The corrupt behavior of the finance department officials has nothing to do with your project.

Q9. Ron is a project manager handling an alternate water-supply project. During a project performance review, he notices the following: (i) Activity A, on the critical path, is delayed by four days. (ii) Activity B, not on the critical path, is delayed by nine days. (iii) Activity C, on the critical path, is delayed by two days. (iv) Activity D, not on the critical path, is delayed by five days. In what sequence should Ron prioritize his efforts in addressing these delays?

1. First Activities A and B, and then Activities C and D
2. First Activities A and C, and then Activities B and D
3. First Activities C and D, and then Activities A and B
4. First Activities A and D, and then Activities B and C

Q10. Two people are arguing about what needs to be done to complete a work package. If the project manager wants to know what is going, she should pay MOST attention to:

1. What is said and when.
2. What is being said, who is saying it and the time of day.
3. Physical mannerisms and what is being said.
4. The pitch and tone of the voices, and physical mannerisms.