Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Late in the project cycle, it was discovered that some of the project’s human resources should have trained in a specific methodology. Where should these training strategies have first been documented?

1. Resource management plan
2. In the procurement contract
3. In the project scope statement
4. In the company HR policy

Q3. As a project manager, you are presented with the following information on the paycheck period for several possible projects. Which project is your BEST choice?

1. Project A with a payback period of 6 months
2. Project B with a payback period of 9 months
3. Project C with a payback period of 12 months
4. Project D with a payback period of 18 months

Q4. A ranking of risk and a list of risks for additional analysis are all outputs of which process of risk management?

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

Q5. In projects where there is a gap between the real business requirements and the stated business requirements, agile methods are extremely helpful. Agile methods provide a solution to this problem by:

1. Completing the project quickly so that gap is significantly reduced.
2. Replacing the project manager with a Scrum master in order to expedite the project.
3. Purposefully building and reviewing prototypes and release versions to refine requirements.
4. Eliminating the documentation altogether from the project management approach.

Q6. You have just joined the project management office after five years of working on projects. One of the things you want to introduce to your company is the need to create and utilize WBSs. Some of the project managers are angry that you are asking them to do “extra work.” Which of the following would be the BEST thing you could tell the project managers to convince them to use WBSs?

1. Tell them it will prevent work from slipping through the cracks.
2. Tell them that it is not needed.
3. Tell them it is required only if the project involves contracts.
4. Tell them it is the only way to identify risks.

Q7. You have just walked into your office when you receive an e-mail from the sponsor notifying you that the auditing team will soon be your office to start a risk audit of your project. The next e-mail you receive has been forwarded to you, and involves conflict between two team members. You are immediately bombarded with phone calls from both parties to the e-mail complaining about the other. Which conflict resolution technique would you immediately use with team member?

1. Forcing
2. Compromising
3. Avoiding
4. Confronting

Q8. The project status report is an example of which form of communication?

1. Formal written communication
2. Formal verbal communication
3. Informal written communication
4. Informal verbal communication

Q9. 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

Q10. Risks may be identified during the entire lifecycle of a project. Identify Risks is what type of process?

1. Qualitative
2. Effort-driven
3. Discrete
4. Iterative