Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are a project manager for an automotive parts company. Your organization was hired to produce clutches for an exotic car company. This will involve the design and production of custom clutches. During the course of the project, as you review a quality control statistics chart that examines every clutch produced for the month, you notice several cases where the spring component of the clutch is expanding with too much force and is falling outside the upper control limit. Which type of Quality Control tool are you most likely using?

1. Control charts
2. Statistical Sampling
3. Cause-and-Effect diagram
4. Precedence Diagramming Method

Q3. You are having difficulty estimating the cost of a project. Which of the following BEST describes the most probable cause of your difficulty?

1. Inadequate scope definition
2. Unavailability of desired resources
3. Lack of historical records from previous projects.
4. Lack of company processes.

Q4. There are two projects to choose between: Project A with an NPV of US $45,000, or Project B with an NPV of US $85,000. What is the opportunity cost of selecting project B?

1. $45,000
2. $85,000
3. $40,000
4. $130,0000

Q5. During a team meeting, the team has been arguing about the method of integration for over 20 minutes without getting anywhere. The project manager reschedules the issue for the next team meeting. This is an example of:

1. Compromising
2. Forcing
3. Smoothing
4. Withdrawal.

Q6. All of the following are inputs to the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Work breakdown structure
2. Project scope statement
3. WBS dictionary
4. Inspection

Q7. You have been working on a very large software development project that has made use of more than 230 people. Finally, all the scope has been completed. It would be BEST to:

1. Throw a party for the team members
2. Make sure the project is integrated with the other projects.
3. Begin to focus on your other projects
4. Analyze project success or failure

Q8. A project manager decides to bring expected future schedule performance in line with the project management plan. What is this a definition of?

1. Corrective action
2. Lessons learned
3. Scope verification
4. Scope planning Activity Float (months) Start B 2 C 1 D 0 E 3 F 1 G 0 H 4 I 0 End 78

Q9. Jessica is managing an office refurbishment project. All the project stakeholders are identified and classified. The stakeholder engagement plan is also approved. Jessica is managing a project for the first time, and she is relying on the PMBOK guide as a reference to deliver an excellent project. Which of the following processes would provide guidance to Jessica regarding how to execute the approved stakeholder engagement plan?

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

Q10. Stakeholder notifications must be archived for future reference. Whenever the Manage Communications process produces a stakeholder notification, the notification must be:

1. Updated to the organizational process assets
2. Updated to the project management plan
3. Updated to the project communications management plan
4. Updated to the stakeholder register