Project Management Question Bank
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Project Management- Q2. You are beginning a new project that has been attempted, but unsuccessfully, several times in the past few years. Previous projects were cancelled because e of “politics” (differing views and direction by key stakeholders on the project). This is an example of:

1. Stakeholder analysis.
2. Scope management.
3. Historical information.
4. Risk identification

Project Management- Q3. A project manager believes that modifying the project scope may provide added value for the customer. What should the project manager do?

1. Change the scope baseline
2. Contact the customer to determine if the change adds value
3. Call a meeting of the change control board
4. Change the project’s objectives.

Project Management- Q4. If your project will require redesign after completion of testing, which of the following diagramming techniques would be BEST to use?

1. GERT
2. PERT
3. CPM
4. ADM

Project Management- Q5. A project has seven activities: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Activities A, B, and D can start anytime. Activity A takes 3 weeks, activity B takes 5 weeks, and Activity D takes 11 weeks. Activities A and B must be completed before Activity C can start. Activity C requires 6 weeks to complete. Activities B, C, and D must be completed before Activity E can start. Activity E requires 2 weeks. Activity F takes 4 weeks and can start as soon as activity C is completed. Activity E must be completed before activity G starts. Activity G requires 3 weeks. Activities F and G must be completed for the project to be completed. What is the critical path?

1. Start A, C, F, End
2. Start B, C, E, G, End
3. Start D, E, G, End
4. Both Start –B—C—E—G—End and Start –D—E—G—End

Project Management- Q6. A system development project is nearing project closing when a previously unidentified risk is discovered. This could potentially affect the project’s overall ability to deliver. What should be done NEXT?

1. Alert the project sponsor of potential impacts to cost, scope, or schedule
2. Qualify the risk
3. Mitigate this risk by developing a risk response plan
4. Develop a workaround.

Project Management- Q7. The customer’s expectations for quality are shown on a control chart as the:

1. Mean
2. Specification limits
3. Rule of seven
4. Upper and lower control limits

Project Management- Q8. The project budget is proving to be inaccurate. The SPI is 1.1. The team has had a negative deviation from the activity attributes, and the sponsor has inserted herself on the change control board. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Try to encourage the sponsor to remove herself from the change control board
2. Re-compute the project schedule
3. Re-estimate the activity attributes
4. Calculate the cost performance index

Project Management- Q9. All of the following are examples of Perform Quality Control EXCEPT:

1. Inspection
2. Cost of quality
3. Pareto chart
4. Fishbone diagram

Project Management- Q10. All of the following are tools used in the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Product reviews
2. Audits
3. Walkthroughs
4. Sensitivity analysis