Project Management Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. You are meeting with your stakeholders to gather requirements for your project. You are well aware that requirements to be gathered include both product and project requirements. All the following tools can be used to gather, define, and analyze project requirements from stakeholders except:

1. Surveys
2. Focus Groups
3. Decomposition
4. Prototypes

Q3. Originally, your project had give team members. Now the scope has expanded, and there are total of eight people on the project team. How many communication channels have been added?

1. 9
2. 10
3. 18
4. 28

Q4. A project is estimated to cost $50,000 with a timeline of 50 days. After 25 days, the project manager finds that 50 percent of the project is complete and actual costs are $50,000. What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)?

1. The CPI is 1
2. The CPI is 1.5
3. The CPI is 2
4. The CPI is 0.5

Q5. A scope change has been suggested by one o the stakeholders on the project. After careful consideration and a lot of arguing, the change control board has decided to reject the change. What should the project manager do?

1. Support the stakeholder by asking the board for the reason for the rejection.
2. Suggest to the stakeholder that the next change they request will be approved.
3. Record the change request and its result.
4. Advise the change control board to make sure they create approval processes before the next change is proposed.

Q6. 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

Q7. You have been appointed as the manager of a new, large, and complex project. Because this project is business-critical and very visible, senior management has told you to analyze the project’s risks and prepare response strategies for them as soon as possible. The organization has risk management procedures that are seldom used or followed, and has had a history of handling risks badly. The project’s first milestone is in two weeks. In preparing the risk response plan, input from which of the following is generally LEAST important?

1. Key stakeholders
2. Project team members
3. Project sponsor
4. Individual responsible for risk management policies and templates.

Q8. During the course of the project, the project management team developed a forecast for the estimate at completion (EAC) based on the project performance. Which of the following statements about EAC is correct?

1. The EAC forecast based on the Bottom-up estimate to complete (ETC) requires a new estimate.
2. The EAC forecast is best estimated using the estimate to complete (ETC) work performed considering both SPI and CPI factors.
3. The EAC forecast is best estimated using the estimate to complete (ETC) work performed at the present CPI.
4. The EAC forecast is best estimated using the estimate to complete (ETC) work performed at the budgeted rate.

Q9. A team member in your project is constantly providing incomplete deliverables and not performing well. What should you do first?

1. Discuss the issue with the team member in private
2. Discuss the issue with the team member in the presence of the project sponsor
3. Discuss the issue with the team member in the presence of other team members
4. Discuss the issue with the team member in the presence of the company's HR manager

Q10. The probability and impact matrix helps you rank risks so you can develop your risk management plan accordingly. Which statement is true about the probability and impact matrix?

1. It includes high-grade risks with its impact
2. It includes low-grade risks with its impact
3. Here the definition of probability and impact is decided
4. A grid showing probability and impact of the risk