Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Which motivational theory defines the hierarchy of needs?

1. Maslow
2. Deming
3. McGregor
4. Herzberg

Q3. You are managing a project that has a task to translate several pages of a document into Spanish. This is similar to a project done last year when a document was translated into German. You are not sure how long it will take to translate into Spanish, so you look at the project plan from the German translation and use that activity duration for your current project. What type of estimating is this an example of?

1. Hypothesis
2. Parametric Estimating
3. Analogous Estimating
4. What-if Scenario Analysis

Q4. Which of the following is not a tool or technique of the Acquire Resources process?

1. Negotiation
2. Multi-criteria decision analysis
3. Pre-assignment
4. Conflict management

Q5. A project manager has just been assigned to a project that has been in progress for two months when a team member requests more time on an activity he is working on. The project manager discovers that the only impact to the project will be a delay on a noncritical path activity. The customer has emphasized the importance of completing the project on schedule. What should the project manager do NEXT?

1. Submit the information to the change control board, determine if this event might impact the team member’s future work, inform the team member of the board’s decision
2. Ask the team member why they need more time, begin integrated change control, adjust the project schedule as needed
3. Look for impacts to quality, cut unneeded scope from the project, ask for more resources
4. See if any stakeholders object to the change, calculate the exact impact on the project, look at removing this resource from the project

Q6. While conducting interviews for a project manager position, you notice that your classmate is one of the prospective candidates. What should you do immediately?

1. Encourage your classmate by offering some tips
2. Resign from the interview panel
3. Remove your classmate from the list
4. Inform the interview panel of the relationship

Q7. All of the questions are common outputs of risk management EXCEPT:

1. Contract terms and conditions
2. A risk response plan
3. Schedule reserves
4. An approved project management plan.

Q8. The project charter is a document which initiates the project, establishes your authority and contains some high-level information. Which of the following information will not be included in the project charter?

1. Project purpose
2. High-level requirements
3. High-level risks
4. Name of the competitor

Q9. Which statement is TRUE of quality planning?

1. Quality planning should be performed regularly throughout the project
2. Quality planning is done to compile a risk response plan
3. Quality planning is done only during development of a project management plan
4. Quality planning is not considered during project executing.

Q10. You are in the initiation phase of your project, and you believe the project can be completed for $100,000. However, you are an experienced project manager and know that many things can happen between the initiation phase and the closure of the project. In the project charter, you have provided an estimate of $75,000 to $175,000. This is an example of:

1. Narrow Estimate
2. Absolute Estimate
3. Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate
4. True Estimate