Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. The project management team performed activities such as measuring, examining, and verifying to determine whether work and deliverables met requirements and product acceptance criteria. Which of the following choices refers to a different set of activities than the ones just mentioned?

1. Walkthroughs
2. Prevention
3. Inspection
4. Reviews

Q3. You have just joined a new organization as a project manager. You have heard a number of rumors about the procurement manager having possible underhanded dealings with suppliers. However, you have no proof these rumors are true. Your project requires a large number of dump trucks. Company policy mandates that all purchases go through the procurement department rather than the department employees. The value of the dump truck purchase is US$395,000, and the contract went to a supplier your company regularly uses. Shortly after taking delivery of the dump trucks, you learn the procurement manager is driving a new car. What should you do?

1. Ask the procurement manager about the purchase of her new car
2. Report this to the appropriate management
3. Talk to the supplier to find out if there was a bribe involved in the project
4. Do nothing

Q4. Early in the project, you are meeting with your team and would like to address all the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats the project is facing. What tool should be used?

1. SWOT Analysis
2. Interviewing
3. Delphi Technique
4. Brainstorming

Q5. 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.

Q6. You have just received an invoice from your supplier that contains some uncertified items. Payments to the supplier are processed through your corporate accounts payable system only after certification of satisfactory work by the project quality control specialist. What should you do?

1. Process the supplier’s invoice since this is your liability
2. Call the supplier and obtain more information
3. Ask the supplier to stop all deliveries until the matter has a resolution
4. Seek judicial arbitration

Q7. The testing results for a new computer modulation project indicate a problem with the on-board computer’s sensors. The project manager calls a meeting with the team to analyze the problem. The project manager is involved in:

1. Quality management
2. Manage Quality
3. Plan Quality
4. Perform Quality Control.

Q8. The Manage Team process is part of what process group?

1. Planning
2. Executing
3. Monitoring and Controlling
4. Closing

Q9. The project charter is a document which initiates the project, establishes your authority and contains some high-level information. Which of the following information will not be included in the project charter?

1. Project purpose
2. High-level requirements
3. High-level risks
4. Name of the competitor

Q10. A project is considered out of control and the previous project manager has quit. You are assigned as the new project manager and have been asked to verify the quality level of the project and to recommend corrective action. What do you do FIRST?

1. Review the project management plan
2. Meet with the team
3. Draw a control chart
4. Create a risk mitigation plan.