Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A software vendor on your project is hoping to be awarded a contract providing software for another project at your company. You are not the manager of the other project. However, the vendor offers you tickets to an upcoming professional sports event if you will "put in a good word" for his company to the vendor selection team of the other project. What do you do?

1. Fire the vendor
2. Decline the tickets but provide a recommendation for the vendor
3. Decline the tickets and notify appropriate management of the situation
4. Accept the tickets if company policy allows it and provide a recommendation for that vendor to the other project team

Q3. The Close Project or Phase process is not performed when:

1. Cancelling projects
2. Closing projects
3. Closing project phases
4. Reactivating projects

Q4. 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.

Q5. A project was awarded based on a competitive proposal. Management made a commitment that a few key team members would work on the project. When such assignments happen, they are:

1. Bargaining agreements
2. Schedule constraints
3. Assignment risk
4. Pre-assignments

Q6. Which of the following is CORRECT in regard to the Control Scope process?

1. Effective scope definition can lead to a more complete project scope statement
2. The Control Scope process must be done before scope planning
3. The Scope Control process must be integrated with other control processes
4. Controlling the schedule is the most effective way of controlling scope.

Q7. Which of the following best describes the Validate Scope process?

1. Validating that the project quality requirements are met
2. Controlling changes to the scope of the project
3. Obtaining the stakeholders' formal acceptance of the project deliverables
4. Validating that all of the project's objectives are met

Q8. You are developing a quality management plan for your project. During the planning process, one of your team members tells you that, in the past, the organization has completed a similar project. You start to review the old project and find that some of its quality metrics can be used in your project as well. This technique is known as:

1. Reviewing organization process assets
2. Benchmarking
3. Process analysis
4. Prototyping

Q9. During which stage of risk planning are risks prioritized based on their relative probability and impact?

1. Perform Qualitative risk analysis
2. Identify Risks
3. Perform Quantitative risk analysis
4. Plan Risk Responses

Q10. A particular stakeholder has a reputation for requesting many changes on projects. What is the BEST approach a project manager can take at the beginning of the project to manage this situation?

1. Say "No" to the stakeholder a few times to dissuade him from submitting more changes.
2. Get the stakeholder involved in the project as early as possible.
3. Talk to the stakeholder's boss to find ways of directing the stakeholder's activities to another project.
4. Ask that the stakeholder not be included in the stakeholder listing.