Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. All of the following are tools used in the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Product reviews
2. Audits
3. Walkthroughs
4. Sensitivity analysis

Q3. Instead of celebrating the end of the project, the stakeholders are breathing a sigh of relief. None of them were confident the product would meet the end date. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons this project had difficulty?

1. Lack of payback period
2. Lack of milestones
3. Lack of a communications management plan
4. Lack of a staffing management plan

Q4. Using the chart, what is the lowest cost of crashing this project to save four weeks?

1. $18,000
2. $6,000
3. $7,000
4. $9,000

Q5. A project manager on a multinational website implementation project is at a party and talks to friends who will be heavy users of this new website when the project is complete and the site is rolled out. They describe some annoying aspects of the current website. The project manager takes this feedback to the sponsor, and encourages design and scope changes. Which of the following BEST describes what the project manager has done?

1. Scope validation
2. Integrated change control
3. Stakeholder analysis
4. Scope planning

Q6. During the execution of a project, the project manager discovers the project’s stakeholder register is no longer accurate. What should the project manager do?

1. The project is in execution, the stakeholder register cannot be updated at this stage.
2. A change request should be issued.
3. The project is in execution, the Identify Stakeholders process cannot be carried out at this stage.
4. Review the stakeholder register and carry out the Identify Stakeholders process.

Q7. You are managing two projects. The first project is to design and construct a school building, and the second project is to construct an office building for your company's employees. What is your current role?

1. Project manager
2. Program manager
3. Portfolio manager
4. None of the above

Q8. You have been appointed a project manager for ABC Inc. and are given a project. While in the planning stage, you find that your organization is lacking the skills and manpower to complete a part of the work and the scope is also unclear. You decide to contract this work to a third party. What kind of contract will you select in this case?

1. Cost reimbursable
2. Time & material
3. Fixed fee
4. PO

Q9. Which of the following cane create the MOST misinterpretation in the project scope statement?

1. Imprecise language
2. Poor pattern, structure, and chronological order
3. Small variation in size of work packages or detail of work
4. Too much detail 03

Q10. A project manager gathered data to perform earned value calculations on his project. He used the results to report to management that the project is under budget and on schedule. After reporting this information, he discovered that the base figures he used in the calculations were incorrect, as they came from an old copy o the project line which had not been updated. What should he do now?

1. He should contact management to make them aware of the error, give the correct information, and explain how he made the mistake
2. He should contact management and tell them to expect some changes in the next reporting period, and that things are starting to look gloomy
3. He should use the correct figures to calculate the information when it is time for the next report and ignore the fact the he reported incorrect information.
4. He should tell management that the data he received from team members was incorrect and thus the report was not accurate.