Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which of the following quality control tools and techniques may not be used for root cause analysis?

1. Fishbone diagram
2. Scatter diagram
3. Ishikawa diagram
4. Cause-and-effect diagram

Q3. Two team members come to you with a dispute. Since you are very busy, you briefly listen to one member, agree with him, and support his view. What kind of problem-solving technique is this?

1. Withdraw
2. Compromise
3. Force
4. Problem Solving

Q4. The widget production project is well underway. The requirements are clear that each widget must weigh between 0.320 and 0.325 ounces. The first day of test production resulted in 1247 widgets. Of the widgets inspected, 47 percent fell within the acceptable weight range. This is an example of:

1. Control limits
2. Quality assurance
3. Control charting
4. Corrective action

Q5. Agile release planning provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule based on the project roadmap. Agile release planning also determines the number of iterations required for the product development. These iterations are also known as:

1. Epics
2. Kanbans
3. Sprints
4. Phases

Q6. The accuracy of Activity Duration estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the original estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are:

1. Budgetary, ballpark, and Order of Magnitude
2. Best case scenario, expected scenario, and current scenario
3. Most likely, likely, and unlikely
4. Most likely, optimistic, and pessimistic

Q7. The output of the Validate Scope process is accepted deliverables that are formally signed off by the stakeholders. The stakeholders, on some projects, can get involved with the project as early as:

1. During the project initiation
2. During the project planning
3. During the project execution
4. During the project monitoring & controlling

Q8. You are building a mile-long bridge on a T&M contract. During the excavation activity, you learned some telephone cables are crossing the alignment where you have to construct the bridge. You need to relocate these telephone cables, but there is no provision of such an activity in the contract. Further, the relocation of the cables is a costly task, and you need to do a lot of government paperwork, as well. You requested an amendment in the contract, but the buyer rejected it. Despite many efforts, you both could not resolve this issue. What should you do next?

1. Terminate the contract following the termination procedures mentioned in the contract.
2. File a judicial petition in accordance with the state’s law.
3. Seek arbitration following the ADR procedures in the contract.
4. Relocate the cables at your own expense since the contract does not cover this activity.

Q9. Management has promised you part of the incentive fee from the customer if you complete the project early. While finalizing a major deliverable, your team informs you that the deliverable meets the requirements in the contract, but will not provide the functionality the customer needs. If the deliverable is late, the project will not be completed early. What action should you take?

1. Provide the deliverable as it is.
2. Inform the customer of the situation, and work out a mutually agreeable solution.
3. Start to compile a list of delays caused by the customer to prepare for negotiations.
4. Cut other activities in a way that be unnoticed to provide more time to fix the deliverable.

Q10. Which of the following is NOT a measure that determines if a business if a business practice used by another country is an unfair business practice?

1. It hurts the right to physical movement
2. It is a common practice in the other country
3. It does not supply a decent wage for the country and the type of work
4. It discriminates against women 3