Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are a project manager for one of many projects in a large and important program. At a high-level status meeting, you note that another project manager has reported her project on schedule. Looking back on your project over the last few weeks, you remember many deliverables from the other project that arrived late. What should you do?

1. Meet with the program manager
2. Develop a risk control plan
3. Discuss the issue with your boss
4. Meet with the other project manager

Q3. Projects are often started as a result of an external factor such as market demand for a new product, a new legislative or regulatory mandate, or a change in technology. This results in the creation of ______ by an entity or organization external to the project.

1. The project charter
2. The WBS
3. The project budget
4. The RACI chart

Q4. What is the duration of the near-critical path based on the chart?

1. 33
2. 44
3. 31
4. 43

Q5. The work breakdown structure can be an effective aid for the communication in which situation (s)?

1. Internal within the project team
2. Internal within the organization
3. External with the customer
4. Internal and external to the project

Q6. Which of the following statements correctly define the 100 percent rule for WBS?

1. The project is only considered complete once all requirements defined in the original scope statements have been completed.
2. The project is only considered complete once all requirements in the last approved scope baseline have been completed.
3. The final deliverables should fully conform to product requirements; nothing less, nothing more.
4. The total of the work at the work package level should roll up to the higher levels so that nothing is left out and no extra work is performed.

Q7. As the project manager, you are about to start the define scope process. You have the project charter and the organizational process assets list. Because there are no change requests in your project at this point, what must you have before you begin?

1. Product analysis
2. Requirements documentation
3. Updates to project documents
4. WBS

Q8. The risks identified for the project must be analyzed to be able to rely on them during the rest of the risk management process. It would be MOST important to complete which of the following?

1. Trigger data analysis
2. Data quality assessment
3. A risk rating matrix
4. Analysis of trends in qualitative risk analysis.

Q9. All of the following statements about workarounds are correct EXCEPT:

1. They are unplanned responses to risks
2. They are responses only to risk that were identified in project planning
3. They make use of the project management plan
4. They may result in a project change request.

Q10. You have been producing ball bearings in large numbers. For this kind of process, what technique will you use to verify if the products are of the right quality?

1. Inspection of all products
2. Statistical sampling
3. Inspection of the first three samples
4. Inspection of the last three samples