Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You are building a mile-long bridge on a T&M contract. During the excavation activity, you learned some telephone cables are crossing the alignment where you have to construct the bridge. You need to relocate these telephone cables, but there is no provision of such an activity in the contract. Further, the relocation of the cables is a costly task, and you need to do a lot of government paperwork, as well. You requested an amendment in the contract, but the buyer rejected it. Despite many efforts, you both could not resolve this issue. What should you do next?

1. Terminate the contract following the termination procedures mentioned in the contract.
2. File a judicial petition in accordance with the state’s law.
3. Seek arbitration following the ADR procedures in the contract.
4. Relocate the cables at your own expense since the contract does not cover this activity.

Q3. The create WBS process is where you create the work breakdown structure. The WBS helps you immensely in developing the schedule and other project management activities. Which of the following is the highest element in the hierarchical breakdown of the work breakdown structure?

1. Control account
2. Project work
3. Deliverable
4. Milestone

Q4. You have a firm fixed price (FP) contract with a clause stating that all changes to the contract statement of work must be written. One of your team members verbally instructed the seller to ad a change that resulted in a 100 percent work package return. In this situation, what conflict management strategy should you use (as the project manager) with the team member?

1. Punishment
2. Problem solving
3. Negotiating
4. Withdrawal.

Q5. A team member who does not have the required skills or knowledge was assigned to a team. Who is responsible for ensuring that he receives the project training?

1. The sponsor
2. The functional manager
3. The project manager
4. The training coordinator

Q6. A team of experts come to your project and ask for approved procedures to verify your team is following these procedures. This is an example of which of the following?

1. Quality control
2. Manage quality
3. Verify scope
4. Control scope

Q7. During project executing, one of the electrical engineers informs the project manager that the life cycle cost of the new heating and air conditioning system is higher than the life cycle cost of another heating and air conditioning system. What should the project manager do?

1. Determine if there is room in the project budget for the additional cost.
2. Select the product with the lower life cycle cost.
3. Select the product with the best life cycle cost to earned value ratio.
4. Select the product with the lowest maintenance cost to life cycle cost ratio.

Q8. An e-mail is forwarded to you highlighting conflict between two team members. Which conflict resolution technique would you use?

1. Forcing
2. Compromising
3. Avoiding
4. Confronting

Q9. You have made John responsible for painting a certain portion of the building you are constructing. John completes the painting and submits his bills to you. You review his invoices, pay him and close the contract. What process is this?

1. Close project
2. Conduct procurement
3. Close procurement
4. Control procurement

Q10. The sponsor of your facilities upgrade project has left the company to join another organization. Several weeks later, you are reviewing the business case for the project, and you find that there are several inconsistencies between what is stated in the business case and what is described in the project scope. Further research shows that the business case as a whole is based on inaccurate information. What do you do?

1. Notify your project stakeholders immediately
2. Add this to the risk log
3. Update the requirements
4. Call the sponsor for clarification