Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Halfway through the project, the client considers cancelling the remaining work and the contract. It would be BEST to look at which of the following to determine the purpose for the project?

1. The project description and need in the project charter
2. The WBS dictionary to verify that the scope is correct
3. The risk response plan to evaluate alternatives
4. The chart of accounts to determine the estimate at completion

Q3. While staffing a project in another country, the project leader from that country comes to you with a suggested team consisting of members of the project leader’s family. Your FIRST course of action should be to:

1. Inquire if hiring only through family lines is common practice in the project leader’s country.
2. Review the resumes of the individuals to see if they are qualified.
3. Ask the project leader to provide additional names of people unrelated to him/her.
4. Use a different project leader to prevent problems later in the project.

Q4. When checking the calendar of a team member to schedule a meeting, you see she has scheduled a meeting with a key stakeholder that you were not informed of. The BEST approach would be to:

1. Avoid mentioning it to the team member but continue to watch her activities.
2. Notify your boss about the problem
3. Address the concern with the team member’s boss
4. Address the concern with the team member

Q5. You took over a project from an individual who was fired. You are reading the project documentation and find that five managers signed the project charter. What should be your primary concern at this time?

1. Determining reporting structure
2. Communicating in a matrix organization
3. Getting a single sponsor
4. Identifying who can represent the project for change control

Q6. You are managing a highly complex drug manufacturing project, and your sponsor is highly motivated and influential. You are optimistic about the outcome of the project; however, you are unsure about the project approval requirements that measure the project’s success. You would like to document the name of the person who signs off on the project and the criteria that constitute the project’s success. Which of the following documents should you use first to incorporate project approval requirements?

1. The scope document
2. The project charter
3. The approval requirement plan
4. The project management plan

Q7. A project manager would like to resolve conflicts by a give-and-take attitude rather than by a one-sided approach. Which of these approaches is he likely to use?

1. Forcing
2. Problem-solving
3. Directing
4. Withdrawing

Q8. PMBOK offers a number of tools and techniques for all the project management processes. These tools and techniques must be carefully applied in order to meet the objectives of any process. Which of the following is not a tool or technique of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process?

1. Expert judgment
2. Meetings
3. Decision-making
4. Interpersonal skills

Q9. There is a serious defect in the finished product of a project that was completed a few months ago, resulting in a recall campaign to recall the defective products. What would be the best classification for these types of costs?

1. To complete performance index (TCP)
2. Cost variance
3. Cost of conformance
4. Cost of nonconformance

Q10. The Direct and Manage Project Work process has three tools and techniques. Two of them are Expert Judgment and Meetings. What is the third one?

1. Scheduling System
2. Configuration Management System
3. Project Management Information System
4. Change Control System