Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. A fellow project manager is retiring and moving to the mountains; you will take over his project. Before he leaves, he tells you the project is on schedule but only because he “put the hammer down” on his project team and pushed them relentlessly. Pushing the team to perform activities to accomplish project objectives is a part of:

1. Direct and Manage Project Work
2. Monitor and Control Project Work
3. Control Quality
4. Control Scope

Q3. You are given a new project to manage and a brief project scope statement. The project sponsor tells you that there is no required completion date for the project. The BEST thing to do is to:

1. Ask for better definition of the project scope before accepting the project.
2. Accomplish the project as time allows
3. Plan the project as you would a normal project, but build in schedule flexibility
4. Make a list of activities that need to be done.

Q4. A software development project has been suffering through many major project changes. Because of this, the project manager has not been able to do much but complete change request forms. Which statement BEST describes the other activities the project manager should be doing?

1. Determine that changes have been made and whether the changes are beneficial. List all of them in the scope management plan
2. Determine if a change is needed. Determine whether that change is beneficial; notify stakeholders affected by the change.
3. List all changes in the project charter, notify stakeholders affected by changes and ensure the team signs off on all changes
4. Determine that a change has occurred. Notify all stakeholders affected by the change; list all the changes in the scope management plan

Q5. After one year of construction, an office building is scheduled for completion on 30 January. The landscaping work needs to start 15 days prior to the building’s completion. Which of the following relationships most likely represents the relationship of the start of landscaping work to the completion of the office building?

1. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lead
2. Start-to-finish with a 15-day lead
3. Finish-to-start with a 15-day lag
4. Start-to-finish with a 15-day lag

Q6. You are the project manager for a large installation project when you realize there are over 200 potential stakeholders on the project. Which of the following would be the BEST course of action for you to take?

1. Eliminate some stakeholders.
2. Find an effective way to gather the needs of all stakeholders.
3. Contact your manager, and ask which stakeholders are most important.
4. Gather the needs of all the most influential stakeholders.

Q7. What conflict resolution technique is a project manager using when he says, “I cannot deal with this issue now!”

1. Problem solving
2. Forcing
3. Withdrawal
4. Compromising.

Q8. You are having difficulty estimating the cost of a project. Which of the following BEST describes the most probable cause of your difficulty?

1. Inadequate scope definition
2. Unavailability of desired resources
3. Lack of historical records from previous projects.
4. Lack of company processes.

Q9. The scope baseline provides a detailed description of project deliverables and their components that provide a basis for the measurement of changes from that baseline. In which process is the scope baseline developed?

1. Plan scope management
2. Create WBS
3. Collect requirement
4. Define scope

Q10. Long hours to meet a looming deadline and immense pressure for success from management are causing a decline in team morale. There are occasional conflicts between team members over priorities and resources. How should these non-disruptive conflicts be handled?

1. Use of disciplinary actions
2. Using a private, direct, and collaborative approach first
3. Escalation to senior management
4. Arbitration