Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. Project managers need to be aware of Student Syndrome, also known as procrastination, which means that people start to apply themselves only at the last possible moment before the deadline. This concept is similar to Parkinson’s Law which states that:

1. Work only gets completed during the second half of the allocated time.
2. Work never gets completed on time even if sufficient time has been allocated.
3. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
4. Effort expands to fill the time available for the completion of a work package.

Q3. You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says “sellers to provide twenty (20) computers.” What should you do FIRST?

1. Issue a change order through the contract manager
2. Return the five extra computers
3. Make payment for the 25 computers
4. Call the seller and ask for clarification

Q4. You have just been assigned as the project manager for a sizeable engineering project, and you want to quickly review the project project’s procedures for managing risk. What would be the MOST helpful in finding this information?

1. A risk identification plan.
2. A risk management plan.
3. Environmental process assets.
4. A risk impact matrix.

Q5. During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the project scope. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the project charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do is to:

1. Let the sponsor know of the stakeholders’ request
2. Evaluate the impact of adding the scope
3. Tell the stakeholders the scope cannot be added
4. Add the work if there is time available in the project schedule

Q6. A detailed milestone list is created as an output of what process?

1. Sequence Activities
2. Define Activities
3. Develop Project Charter
4. Develop Schedule

Q7. All of the following are tools of Perform Quality Control EXCEPT:

1. Cost of quality
2. Inspection
3. Control charts
4. Flowcharting

Q8. Which of the following processes will determine the correctness of deliverables?

1. Plan Deliverables
2. Plan Quality Management
3. Control Quality
4. Manage Quality

Q9. You have just been assigned to take over a project that your management has told you is “out of control”. When you asked your management what the problems were, they had no specifics, but said that the project was behind schedule, over budget, and the client was dissatisfied. Which of the following should be of the MOST concern to you?

1. The project is over budget and behind schedule
2. There is very little documentation related to the project.
3. The client is very dissatisfied with the project’s progress.
4. Your management is looking for rapid and visible action on this project to rectify the problems.

Q10. Over the last few weeks, the team has made three changes to the activities on the project. The project manager must be MOST careful to:

1. Record all the changes
2. Provide documentation on all the changes to the sponsor
3. Make sure the changes are reflected in the project scope baseline
4. Prevent more changes from occurring